Lot 39
  • 39

Ed Ruscha

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ed Ruscha
  • El Paso to Miami
  • signed and dated 2000 on the reverse
  • acrylic on linen
  • 19 7/8 by 24 in. 50.5 by 61 cm.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne
Riccardo Tettamanti, Rome (acquired from the above in 2001)
Christie's, London, February 9, 2007, lot 114
Private Collection, Florida
Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 2011, lot 244
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Literature

Robert Dean, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Six: 1998 - 2003, New York, 2013, cat. no. P2000.19, p. 187, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is some very faint wear at the extreme corners and a very minor pull in the canvas weave at the top left turning edge. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"I just had a personal connection to that span of mileage between Oklahoma and California. It just, it kind of spoke to me." - Ed Ruscha, 2013