Ed Ruscha, Emergency Numbers

cherry stain and cherry juice on paper
19.1 x 73.7 cm (7 1/2 x 29 in.)
Executed in 1973.

Provenance:
Florette Bihari, Beverly Hills (acquired circa 1975)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 22 September 2011, lot 175
Gagosian Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2015

Exhibited:
Los Angeles, Ace Gallery, Edward Ruscha: New Works in Various Materials Plus the 1969 Book of Stains, 25 September - 16 October 1973

Literature:
Ed Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, n.p. (illustrated)
Lisa Turvey, Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper Volume One: 1956-1976, New York, 2014, no. D1973.66, p. 349 (illustrated)