Lot 148
  • 148

Ed Ruscha

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ed Ruscha
  • Sunset Strip
  • 6 gelatin silver prints
  • each: 51 by 76cm.; 20 1/8 by 29 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1966-1995, this work is number 12 from an edition of 25.

Provenance

Patrick Painter, Vancouver
Private Collection, Spain

Exhibited

Malaga, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, 2003-08 (on temporary loan)
Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Centre Julio González, Malas Calles, 2010, p. 95, illustrated

Literature

Walker Art Center, Eds., Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959 - 1999. Catalogue Raisonné, Minneapolis 1999, Vol. 1, p. 65, pl. 244, 245, 246 and p. 66, pl. 247, 248, 249, illustrated in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection, 2002-03, pp. 94-95 and 365, illustration of another example of the sixth print
Richard Marshall, Ed., Ed Ruscha, London 2003, p. 61, illustration of another example of the second print
Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Ed Ruscha and Photography, 2004, p. 217, no. 254, illustration of another example of the first print, p. 218, no. 255, illustration of another example of the third print, p. 219, no. 256, illustration of another example of the fourth print

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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