Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas

Created in 1966 by American artist Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas is a landmark Pop Art screenprint depicting a roadside Standard Oil gasoline station seen from a dramatic low angle. Based on a photograph taken along Route 66 for Ruscha's 1963 book Twentysix Gasoline Stations, the print uses split-fountain screenprinting to produce a seamless color gradient in the night sky. The work is represented in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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