Ed Ruscha b.1937 Not A Vowel #75 (F)
Caption Brief:
1996
acrylic on book cover
4½ h × 4 w × 1⅛ d in (11 × 10 × 3 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated to cover page 'Ed Ruscha 1996 Aug. 21, 1996 #75'.
Provenance: Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills | Acquired from the previous in 1996, Private Collection | Sotheby’s, New York, Contemporary Art Online, 28 September 2018, Lot 467 | Private Collection
Exhibited: Ed Ruscha: Vowels, 11 - 28 September 1996, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
Condition: Work is in good condition. Book with light corner and edge wear including some scattered transfer and rub marks. Minor losses to orange pigment. Small piece of tape adhered to lower edge of second page. Sold with associated case showing wear, and lacking two lower pins, and with chipped loss to top reverse edge causing backing to potentially come loose. Otherwise, work presents well.
Literature: Ed Ruscha: An Archive of Projects, Dean, pg. 283, no. 196.75
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Caption Brief:
1996
acrylic on book cover
4½ h × 4 w × 1⅛ d in (11 × 10 × 3 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated to cover page 'Ed Ruscha 1996 Aug. 21, 1996 #75'.
Provenance: Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills | Acquired from the previous in 1996, Private Collection | Sotheby’s, New York, Contemporary Art Online, 28 September 2018, Lot 467 | Private Collection
Exhibited: Ed Ruscha: Vowels, 11 - 28 September 1996, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
Condition: Work is in good condition. Book with light corner and edge wear including some scattered transfer and rub marks. Minor losses to orange pigment. Small piece of tape adhered to lower edge of second page. Sold with associated case showing wear, and lacking two lower pins, and with chipped loss to top reverse edge causing backing to potentially come loose. Otherwise, work presents well.
Literature: Ed Ruscha: An Archive of Projects, Dean, pg. 283, no. 196.75
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