Live Auction 17650Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Lot 676 The Collection of Eileen and I.M. Pei

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)

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Closed14 November 2019

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Hog
signed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1970' (lower left)
gunpowder on paper
image: 9 ¾ x 27 ¼ in. (24.8 x 69.2 cm.)
sheet: 11 ½ x 29 in. (29.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Executed in 1970.

Janie C. Lee Gallery, Dallas
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 22 May 1975, lot 383B
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 11 May 1983, lot 253
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners

Specialist note

“I soaked some gunpowder in water once, and I saw it separated all the salt out of it. I just did it as an experiment. The gunpowder itself is in granules. I could see it would make a good choice of materials; it could actually impregnate on paper. You could use it almost like charcoal… Graphite was much more laborious, but it has a different feel altogether... So gunpowder was simple, it was easy to get going.” -- Ed Ruscha