Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Lot 257 Property from a Private American Collection 

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)

A group of 16 artist's books

Closed14 May 2014

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
A group of 16 artist's books
Royal Road Test, 1967
Records, 1971
Business Cards, 1968, by Billy Al Bengston and Edward Ruscha
Real Estate Opportunities, 1970
Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965, signed, dated and dedicated 'Hey Mickey - Love, Ed 1969' (on the inside cover)
Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966
Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations, 1967
Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass, 1968
Thirty Four Parking Lots In Los Angeles, 1967
Various Small Fires and Milk, 1964
Hard Light (a collaboration with Lawrence Weiner), 1978
Edward Ruscha (Ed-Werd Rew-Shay) Young Artist
A book accompanying the exhbition of Prints, Drawings and Books of Edward Ruscha at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, April 18-May 28, 1972
Edward Ruscha Prints and Publications 1962-74, 1975
Colored People, 1972
Crackers, 1969
Babycakes with Weights, 1970, signed 'Ed Ruscha' (on the inside title page) (16)

Business Cards, Crackers, Hard Light, Nine Swimming Pools, Real Estate Opportunities, Some Los Angeles Apartments, and Thirtyfour Parking Lots provenance is as follows: Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 30 April 1996, lot 612
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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American pop artist Ed Ruscha with his mixed-media lithograph 'News', circa 1970. (Photo by Tony Evans/Getty Images)