Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Ed Ruscha

A Certain Trail

Auction Closed

November 17, 06:59 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ed Ruscha

b. 1937

A Certain Trail


signed and dated 1986 on the reverse

acrylic on canvas

59 by 145 1/2 in. 149.9 by 369.6 cm.

Please note this lot is subject to a guarantee and an irrevocable bid.

James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica

Collection of William C. Janss Jr., Los Angeles

James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Mark Levy, "Sophisticated Wordplay," Artweek, Vol. 17, No. 34, 18 October 1986, p. 5
Christopher Knight, "Collaboration Edward Ruscha," Parkett, No. 18, 1988, p. 65, illustrated
Bill Berkson, "Conversation with Ed Ruscha," Shift, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1988, p. 12, illustrated in color
Bonnie Clearwater, "Edward Ruscha: Quand les Mot Deviennent Formes," Art Press, June 1989, p. 24, illustrated in color
Arthur N. Applebee, Et Al., The Language of Literature, Boston 2001, p. S8, illustrated in color
Robert Dean and Erin Wright, Eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Three: 1983-1987, New York 2007, cat. no. P1986.13, pp. 194-195, illustrated in color