Live Auction 14997Post-War & Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Lot 872 Property from the Collection of Melva Bucksbaum

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)

Gasoline Stations

Closed16 November 2017

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USD 200,000

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Gasoline Stations
numbered '3/25' (on the reverse of each element)
gelatin silver print flush-mounted to paperboard, in ten parts
each image: dimensions vary
each mount: 19 ½ x 23 in. (49.5 x 58.4 cm.)
(10)Conceived in 1962 and printed in 1989. This work is number three from an edition of twenty-five plus eight artist's proofs and one trial proof.

Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

The present work, Gasoline Stations, is comprised of the following prints, in order of appearance: Texaco, Jackrabbit, Arizona; Shell, Daggett, California; Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona; Fina, Groom, Texas; Flying A, Kingman, Arizona; Dixie, Lupton, Arizona; Self Service, Milan, New Mexico; Standard, Amarillo, Texas; Union, Needles, California, and Knox Less, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. These titles are stamped on the reverse of each corresponding element.