ID 1336359 
Lot 656  | ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000 
Big Dipper
signed and dated 'Edward Ruscha 1980' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
54 x 120 in. (137.2 x 304.8 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Provenance
Teresa Bjornson, Los Angeles, acquired directly from the artist
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
R. Marshall, Ed Ruscha, London and New York, 2003, pp. 180 and 186-187 (illustrated).
R. Dean and E. Wright, eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, 2005, pp. 350-351, no. P1980.27 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Ed Ruscha: New Works, January-February 1981.
Vancouver, Ace Gallery, Edward Ruscha: Recent Paintings, June-July 1981
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Works of Edward Ruscha – Part II: 1973-1983, March-May 1983.
| Artist: | Edward Ruscha (1937) | 
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| Art style: | Contemporary art | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Edward Ruscha (1937) | 
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| Art style: | Contemporary art | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
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