Ed Ruscha

Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Laura Lee Stearns, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1969)
Christie's New York, November 13, 2002, lot 29
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Ed Ruscha, January - February 1970, cat. no. 13, illustrated in color
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 32nd Biennial Exhibition, February - April 1971, cat. no. 28
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery; Houston, Contemporoary Arts Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Works of Edward Ruscha, March 1982 - June 1983, cat. no. 27, pl. 48, p. 82, illustrated in color
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Edward Ruscha: Romance with Liquids, Paintings 1966-69, January - February 1993, p. 79, illustrated in color
Paris, Musée national d'art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, L'informe: Mode d'Emploi, May - August 1996, p. 114, illustrated in color 

Rosalind E. Krauss, "Reviews: Washington," Artforum, vol. 9, no. 9, May 1971, p. 85
David Bourdon, "A Heap of Words about Ed Ruscha," Art International, vol. 15, no. 9, 20 November 1971, p. 26, illustrated
Robert Dean ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume One: 1958 - 1970, New York, 2004, cat. no. 1969.12, p. 321, illustrated in color

This painting is in very good condition overall. Please contact the department for the condition report prepared by Terrence Mahon. This work is framed in a black wood strip frame.
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