Live Auction 19673Photographs
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Lot 23 Property from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit Collections Care

ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Babycakes with Weights

Closed6 October 2021

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USD 125

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ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Babycakes with Weights
New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. Twenty-three leaves of black-and-white offset printed plates on glossy paper with letterpress title page and copyright credit on title page verso. Number one from an edition of 1,200 copies. Baby-blue rag paper cover bound with pink ribbon and embossed with green felt lettering on front. Overall: 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19 x 15.2 cm.)

Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2012,
transferred from the Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library.

Specialist note

The plates are as follows:

1. 15 lbs. 8 oz.
2. 3 1/2 oz.
3. 3 1/2 oz
4, 10 oz.
5. 1 lb.
6. 2 oz.
7. 3 oz.
8. 3 oz.
9. 2 lbs. 8 oz.
10. 1 1/2 oz. each
11. 8 lbs. 12 oz.
12. 12 oz.
13. 4 oz.
14. 1 lb. 12 oz.
15. 2 lbs. each
16. 2 lbs. each
17. 1 lb 15 oz.
18. 1 lb. each
19. 4 1/2 oz.
20. 4 lbs. 2 oz.
21. 1 lb. 4 oz. each
22. 1 1/2 oz.