ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
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2500000USD $ 2 500 000
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ID 1426157
Lot 13 | ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Estimate value
$ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
Devil or Angel
red cabbage stain on canvas
54 x 60 in. (137.2 x 152.4 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Monika Sprüth Philomena Magers Galerie, Munich
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000
Literature
R. Dean and E. Wright, eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, 2005, pp. 92-93, no. P1973.15 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Ace Gallery, Edward Ruscha: New Work in Various Materials plus the 1969 Book of Stains, September-October 1973.
Tokyo, Odakyu Grand Gallery; Osaka, Daimaru Museum; The Funabashi Seibu Museum of Art; Yokohama, Sogo Museum of Art and London, Brain Trust Inc., Pop Art U.S.A./U.K.: American and British Artists of the '60s in the '80s, March-May 1987, pp. 66 and 112, no. 22 (illustrated).
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Stains 1971-1975, February-March 1992, n.p., pl. 7 (illustrated).
New York, Cheim & Read, Three Catholics: Ruscha, Mapplethorpe & Warhol, April-June 1998.
Munich, Monika Sprüth Philomena Magers Galerie, Ed Ruscha: Gunpowder and Stains, May-June 2000, pp. 50-51 and 60 (illustrated).
| 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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