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Property from a Distinguished Private Collector

Ed Ruscha

99% Angel, 1% Devil

Auction Closed

November 21, 10:28 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collector 

Ed Ruscha

b. 1937


99% Angel, 1% Devil

signed and dated 1983 (on the reverse); signed, titled and dated twice 1983 and APR 7 '83 (on the overlap)

acrylic on canvas

36 by 40 in.

91.4 by 101.6 cm.

Executed in 1983.

Toni Wald, Los Angeles (acquired directly from the artist)

Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 15 November 2012, lot 11 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Robert Dean, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Three 1983–1987, New York 2007, no. P1983.04, pp. 26-27, illustrated in color