Ed Ruscha (b. 1937), A Question of Cities

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
A Question of Cities
signed, titled and dated '"A QUESTION OF CITIES" EDWARD RUSCHA 1979' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
22 x 80 in. (55.8 x 203.2 cm.)
Painted in 1979.

Provenance
James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica
Private collection, Chicago
James McCoy, New York
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pre-Lot Text
Property from an Important West Coast Collection

Literature
M. Kangas, “Just an Average Guy: Ed Ruscha Interviewed,” Vanguard, 1979, p. 17.
T. Trini, “Ruscha on the Air,” Domus, 1979, p. 46 (illustrated).
W. Hemmerdinger, “Ed Ruscha Turns Metaphysical,” Artweek, 1981, p. 5 (illustrated).
P. Johnson, “Spam What Am,” Houston Chronicle, 1983, p. 14.
R. Dean, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2005, p. 264, P1979.12 (illustrated).

Exhibited
Seattle, Richard Hines Gallery, Edward Ruscha: New Works, 1979.
Los Angeles, ARCO Center for the Visual Arts, Edward Ruscha: New York, 1981 (illustrated).
San Francisco Museum of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Vancouver Art Gallery; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Works of Edward Ruscha, 1982, p. 150 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, October 2011-February 2012.