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ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Lot 20
11.05.2023 07:00UTC -05:00
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$ 20 000 000
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ID 949537
Lot 20 | ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 000 – 30 000 000
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Burning Gas Station

signed, titled and dated '"BURNING GAS STATION" 1966-1969 E. Ruscha' (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

20 1/8 x 39 in. (51.1 x 99.1 cm.)

Painted in 1966-1969.





Provenance

James Sowell, Texas

Donald Marron, New York

Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York

Ira Young, Vancouver, 1988

James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica

Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1991



Literature

R. Dean and P. Poncy, eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume One: 1958-1970, New York, 2003, pp. 280-281, no. P1968.12 (illustrated; titled and dated as Burning Standard, 1968).

Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting, exh. cat., London, Hayward Gallery, 2010, p. 17, fig. 12 (illustrated; titled and dated as Burning Standard, 1968).

C. Tutwiler, Ed Ruscha, Vik Muniz and the Car Culture of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 2011, p. 9 (illustrated; titled and dated as Burning Standard, 1968).



Exhibited

Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Other Works by Edward Ruscha, June-July 1976, p. 17 (illustrated).



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Artist:Edward Ruscha (1937)
Art style:Post War Art
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