Ed Ruscha
Amphetamines, Marble , 1969 (Executed)
Lot #55 |
2011-11-09 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 800,000 - 1,200,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N08791
Auction name: Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2011-11-09
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 20 x 24 in. 50.8 x 61 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
50.8
Width In Centimeters:
61
Height In Inches:
20
Width In Inches:
24
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Year notes: Executed in 1969.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 57) John Bentley, London Sotheby's, New York, October 7, 1987, Lot 112 Fabian Carlsson, Stockholm Karen Amiel Modern and Contemporary Art, New York Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (acquired in 1988) Marc Richards, Los Angeles Aldis Browne Fine Arts, Los Angeles Seibu Department Store, Tokyo Zwirner & Wirth, New York Anthony d'Offay Gallery, New York Johannes Huth, London Christie's, London, Double Vision , October 14, 2007, Lot 18 Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Ed Ruscha , June - September 2009 London, Hayward Gallery; Munich, Haus de Kunst; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting , October 2009 - September 2010, p. 105, illustrated in color Abu Dhabi, Arts Abu Dhabi Gallery; Saadiyat Island, Manarat Al Saadiyat, RSTW: from the Private Collection of Larry Gagosian , September 2010 - January 2011, illustrated in color
Literature
Robert Dean with Erin Wright, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume One: 1958 – 1970 , New York, 2003, cat. no. P1969.11, p. 319, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Ed Ruscha Amphetamines, Marble signed and dated 1969 on the reverse ; signed, titled and dated 1969 on the stretcher oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. 50.8 x 61 cm. Provenance Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 57) John Bentley, London Sotheby's, New York, October 7, 1987, Lot 112 Fabian Carlsson, Stockholm Karen Amiel Modern and Contemporary Art, New York Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (acquired in 1988) Marc Richards, Los Angeles Aldis Browne Fine Arts, Los Angeles Seibu Department Store, Tokyo Zwirner & Wirth, New York Anthony d'Offay Gallery, New York Johannes Huth, London Christie's, London, Double Vision , October 14, 2007, Lot 18 Private Collection (acquired from the above) Exhibited Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Ed Ruscha , June - September 2009 London, Hayward Gallery; Munich, Haus de Kunst; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting , October 2009 - September 2010, p. 105, illustrated in color Abu Dhabi, Arts Abu Dhabi Gallery; Saadiyat Island, Manarat Al Saadiyat, RSTW: from the Private Collection of Larry Gagosian , September 2010 - January 2011, illustrated in color Literature Robert Dean with Erin Wright, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume One: 1958 – 1970 , New York, 2003, cat. no. P1969.11, p. 319, illustrated in color