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Details

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Hog
signed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1970' (lower left)
gunpowder on paper
image: 9 ¾ x 27 ¼ in. (24.8 x 69.2 cm.)
sheet: 11 ½ x 29 in. (29.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Executed in 1970.

Provenance

Janie C. Lee Gallery, Dallas
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 22 May 1975, lot 383B
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 11 May 1983, lot 253
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners

Literature

E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume One: 1956-1976, New Haven, 2014, p. 256, no. D1970.20 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Fort Worth Art Center Museum, Contemporary American Art: Los Angeles (from Fort Worth-Dallas Collections), January-February 1972.
New York, H. Peter Findlay Works of Art, Paintings and Drawings, 1967-1973 by Ed Ruscha, December 1974.

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Lot Essay

“I soaked some gunpowder in water once, and I saw it separated all the salt out of it. I just did it as an experiment. The gunpowder itself is in granules. I could see it would make a good choice of materials; it could actually impregnate on paper. You could use it almost like charcoal… Graphite was much more laborious, but it has a different feel altogether... So gunpowder was simple, it was easy to get going.” -- Ed Ruscha

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