Standard Station

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Standard Station is a famous 1966 screenprint by American artist Ed Ruscha depicting a stylized gasoline station, emblematic of his exploration of car culture and the American West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
screenprint
artForm screenprint
artisticTheme banality of everyday structures
consumer culture
mythology of the American West
basedOn Standard gasoline station
colorPaletteCharacteristic high-contrast colors
copyrightStatus copyrighted
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
depicts American West NERFINISHED
car culture
gasoline station
describedBySource art history texts on Ed Ruscha
museum catalogues
editionSize large edition
genre Pop art
hasInfluenced contemporary Pop and conceptual artists
later representations of roadside America in art
hasMotif American highway
commercial branding
modern architecture
hasPart diagonal perspective view
dramatic sky
large STANDARD sign
stylized gas station canopy
hasTitle Standard Station NERFINISHED
inception 1966
influencedBy American roadside culture
automobile culture
commercial signage
languageOfWork English
locationOfCreation Los Angeles NERFINISHED
mainColor black
red
yellow
materialUsed ink
paper
movement Pop art NERFINISHED
notableFor association with Los Angeles art scene
exploration of American West iconography
iconic depiction of a gas station
use of bold graphic design
partOfSeries Ed Ruscha gas station works
perspectiveType dramatic diagonal perspective
publisher Editions Alecto NERFINISHED
relatedWork Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas NERFINISHED
Twentysix Gasoline Stations NERFINISHED

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Ed Ruscha notableWork Standard Station