Ed Ruscha (b. 1937), Wee Wee

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Wee Wee
signed, inscribed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1967 gp' (lower edge)
gunpowder on paper
14 ¼ x 22 ¾ in. (36.1 x 57.7 cm.)
Executed in 1967.

Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
The Collection of Abby and B.H. Friedman, New York
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 7 March 2014, lot 27
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature
E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume One: 1956-1976, New Haven, 2014, p. 192, no. D1967.41 (illustrated).
Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, Ed Ruscha: Ribbon Words, exh. cat., p. 14, fig. 13 (illustrated).

Exhibited
New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Gunpowder Drawings, December 1967-January 1968.