Live Auction 22044Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Lot 107 Depth of Field: The Alan and Dorothy Press Collection

ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)

Pussy

Closed12 May 2023

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USD 441,000

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ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Pussy
signed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1966' (lower left)
graphite on paper
6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (17 x 11.9 cm.)
Executed in 1966.

Joe Goode, Los Angeles
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
C&M Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2005

Specialist note

"Usually in my paintings, I’m creating some sort of disorder between the different elements and avoiding the recognizable aspect of living things by painting words. I like the feeling of an enormous pressure in a painting." (E. Ruscha, quoted in R. Marshall, Ed Ruscha, New York 2003, p. 241)