Lot Essay
"I like the idea of a word becoming a picture, almost leaving its body, then coming back and becoming a word again." (E. Ruscha quoted in, C. Tomkins, “Ed Ruscha’s L.A.,” The New Yorker, July 1, 2013).
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Pools
Details
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Pools
signed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1970' (lower left)
gunpowder and pastel on paper
11 1/2 x 29 in. (29.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Pools
signed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1970' (lower left)
gunpowder and pastel on paper
11 1/2 x 29 in. (29.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Provenance
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Timothea Stewart
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
C&M Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2005
Timothea Stewart
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
C&M Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2005
Literature
E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
L. Turvey, ed. Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume I: 1956-1976, New York, 2014, p. 272, no. D1970.60 (illustrated).
L. Turvey, ed. Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume I: 1956-1976, New York, 2014, p. 272, no. D1970.60 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Richard Gray Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Works from the 60s and 70s, November-December 1998.
New York, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, Ed Ruscha: Selected Works, May-June 2005, pp. 20-21 (illustrated).
New York, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, Ed Ruscha: Selected Works, May-June 2005, pp. 20-21 (illustrated).
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