ED RUSCHA | No Go

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2017

Robert Dean, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 7: 2004 - 2011, New York 2016, no. P2010.19, pp. 392-393, illustrated in color

This work is in excellent condition overall. The work is taped along the turning edges. There is evidence of very minor cracking along the extreme turning edges. There are scattered fine fibers embedded throughout, inherent to the work. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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"Rhyming words seemed to have some power that I felt needed to be pictorialized...to present us with a set of clashing subjects and imagery." Ed Ruscha