ED RUSCHA (b. 1937)

Lot 847
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Lot 847 | ED RUSCHA (b. 1937)
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ED RUSCHA (b. 1937)

The Future

signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1981' (on the reverse); dated 'July 18, '81' (on the overlap)

oil on canvas

22 x 80 in. (55.8 x 203.2 cm.)

Painted in 1981.





Provenance

James Corcoran Gallery and Devorzon Galleries, Los Angeles

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carver, California

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 1989, lot 83

The Marciano Group, Los Angeles

Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles

Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010



Literature

R. Dean and E. Wright, eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, 2005, pp. 366-367, n. P1981.06 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Lyon, Musée St-Pierre, Edward Ruscha, October-November 1985, p. 94 (illustrated).

Los Angeles, Japanese-American Community Cultural Center, August 1945-August 1985: Imagine There's a Future, 1985.
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