Live Auction 2315Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session Including Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton
Christie’s roundel
Lot 110 WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL CRICHTON

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)

We Few Open Book

Closed12 May 2010

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
We Few Open Book
signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 2003' (on the reverse)
acrylic on linen
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 2003.

Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

This painting will be included in a forthcoming volume of Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, edited by Robert Dean and Lisa Turvey.

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