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Ed Ruscha
Lot 10The Clarke Collection

Ed Ruscha

Evil

Fermé27 September 2019

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Ed Ruscha
Evil
screenprint in colors, on wood-grain veneer paper, 1973, signed and dated in pencil and numbered 17/30 on the reverse (there were also four artist's proofs), published by Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles, with their blindstamp
Sheet: 19 ¾ x 29 5/8 in. (50 x 75 cm.)

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2003, lot 586
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Note du spécialiste

The Los Angeles based print studio Cirrus Editions was founded in 1970 by printer Jean Milant following his fellowship at Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Ruscha was particularly taken with the idiosyncratic nature of Milant’s printing techniques and, as a result, he used many non-traditional elements in his printmaking practice during this period, including foodstuffs and various household fluids as substitute inks. Evil, printed on wood-grain veneer and additionally scented with the perfume Cabochard by Grès, is a product of this prolific era of experimentation for Ruscha.