Live Auction 2892Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session
Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)
Lot 348

Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)

Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You

Closed13 November 2014

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USD 112,500

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Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)
Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You
signed, titled and dated '"BE CAUTIOUS ELSE WE BE BANGIN ON YOU" Ed Ruscha 1997' (on the reverse)
bleach on rayon mounted on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1997.

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Martin Browne Fine Art, New South Wales
Anon. sale; Christie's, Melbourne, 3 April 2001, lot 49
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 358
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

This work appears as P1997.07 on pages 294-95 (illustrated in color) in R. Dean & L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Five, 1993-1997. Gagosian Gallery/Steidl, 2012.