Lot 34
  • 34

Edward Ruscha

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ed Ruscha
  • Studebaker Hawk
  • signed and dated 1994 on the reverse; signed, titled and dated 1994 on the stretcher
  • acrylic and pencil on canvas
  • 162.8 by 162.8cm.; 64 by 64in.

Provenance

Laura Carpenter Fine Art, New York 

Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles 

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2002

Literature

Robert Dean and Lisa Turvey, Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Vol. V, 1993-1997, Gottingen 2012, n.p., no. P1994.11, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background tends more towards a true white in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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