Evil

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Ed Ruscha
Evil
screenprint in colors, on wood-grain veneer paper, 1973, signed and dated in pencil and numbered 17/30 on the reverse (there were also four artist's proofs), published by Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles, with their blindstamp
Sheet: 19 ¾ x 29 5/8 in. (50 x 75 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2003, lot 586
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

S. Engberg, Ed Ruscha, Editions, 1959-1999: Catalogue Raisonné, Minneapolis and New York, 1999, no. 70
B. Davis, Made in L.A. The Prints of Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 343

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Lot Essay

The Los Angeles based print studio Cirrus Editions was founded in 1970 by printer Jean Milant following his fellowship at Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Ruscha was particularly taken with the idiosyncratic nature of Milant’s printing techniques and, as a result, he used many non-traditional elements in his printmaking practice during this period, including foodstuffs and various household fluids as substitute inks. Evil, printed on wood-grain veneer and additionally scented with the perfume Cabochard by Grès, is a product of this prolific era of experimentation for Ruscha.

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