Live Auction 16978Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Lot 651

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)

Texas

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 337,500

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Texas
signed, dedicated and dated 'For Arlette E. Ruscha 1962' (upper right)
oil and printed paper collage on paper
13 x 13 3/8 in. (33 x 34 cm.)
Executed in 1962.

Private collection, Los Angeles, gift of the artist
Private collection, Malibu
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"The deep red paint used as a background was very red meat like. Texas always seemed like a state for carnivores" - Ed Ruscha