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Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)
Lot 237 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)

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Closed7 March 2019

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GBP 87,500

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Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)
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signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1990 '(lower right)
dry pigment and acrylic on paper
image: 10 7/8 x 18 1/8in. (27.5 x 46cm.)
sheet: 15 x 22 ¼in. (38 x 56.5cm.)
Executed in 1990

Galleria d'Arte Il Gabbiano, Rome.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘I like the idea of a word becoming a picture, almost leaving its body, then coming back and becoming a word again. I see myself working with two things that don’t even ask to understand each other.’
– Edward Ruscha