ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Lot 5
14.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1426160
Lot 5 | ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Estimate value
$ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Blast Curtain
signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1999' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
64 x 64 in. (162.6 x 162.6 cm.)
Painted in 1999.




Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000



Literature

L. Cumming, "Champion of the word," The Guardian, 29 April 2000.
J. L. Belcove, "Art and Letters," W Magazine, August 2000, pp. 226-229 (illustrated).
N. Caplan, "Ed Ruscha: Mountains and Highways," Metro, 2000, pp. 17-18 (illustrated).
R. Dean and E. Wright, eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Six: 1998-2003, New York, 2005, pp. 96-97, no. P1999.10 (illustrated).
G. Adams, "King of pop art: Why Ed Ruscha's LA-scapes fetch $4m," Independent, 7 October 2011.



Exhibited

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Mountains and Portraits, February-March 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Miami Art Museum; Museum of Fort Worth; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Ed Ruscha, June-September 2000, p. 138 (illustrated).
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