Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips©, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha

Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips©, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha

Text by Margit Rowell & Cornelia Butler. This catalog accompanied the exhibition Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips©, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 17, 2004 – January 17, 2005. In this first major retrospective of his drawings, this American master depicts Hollywood icons, gas stations, apartment houses, and renderings of words and phrases in countless stylistic variations. Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art by independen...