6.30.2011

mr ruscha meet mr schindler

Ed Ruscha
"Standard Station"
Silkscreen
1966

R.M. Schindler
"Standard Oil Company Service Station"
(detail)
Unbuilt project
1932

R.M. Schindler
"Standard Oil Company Service Station"
(full drawing)
1932
"A GASOLINE STATION CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL AND GLASS 
AND PLANTS"
I like the "and plants" part....

More on my
"Man Crush"
Eddie "Pretty Boy" Ruscha
here

5 comments:

  1. slowroastedhorse7/2/11, 5:45 PM

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  2. Anonymous7/3/11, 5:40 AM

    Silly comment. He came from Austria not Germany.

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  3. Anonymous7/3/11, 5:42 AM

    The silkscreen is really very nice.
    What would such a thing cost?
    Don't think I have the funds to buy it, but still would like to know ;-)

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  4. MONDOBLOGO7/3/11, 1:38 PM

    Technoblog- This silkscreen just sold on June 28th at Phillips De Pury for...wait for it... 82,850.00 Pounds or $133,106.81..... Kinda crazy....

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  5. Rachid7/5/11, 2:56 AM

    Ah, that indeed is a little bit over budget.
    No copies available? :-D

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