Ed Ruscha
Me , 1970 (Dated)
Lot #23 |
2023-09-28 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Curated
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 300,000 - 400,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11176
Auction name: Contemporary Curated
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2023-09-28
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 11 ½ by 29 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
29.2
Width In Centimeters:
73.7
Height In Inches:
11.5
Width In Inches:
29
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Year notes: Dated in 1970.
Provenance
Contract Graphics, Houston Acquired from the above in 1971 by the present owner
Exhibited
Fort Worth Art Center Museum, Contemporary American Art: Los Angeles (from Fort Worth-Dallas Collections) , January - February 1972 New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha , June 2004 - May 2005, p. 17 (text) and pl. 92, p. 134, illustrated in color
Literature
Ed Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene , London 2000, n.p., illustrated in color Lisa Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume One: 1956-1976, New Haven 2014, no. D1970.57, p. 271, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Ed Ruscha b. 1937 Me signed and dated 1970 (lower left) gunpowder and pastel on paper 11 ½ by 29 in. 29.2 by 73.7 cm. Executed in 1970. Provenance Contract Graphics, Houston Acquired from the above in 1971 by the present owner Literature Ed Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene , London 2000, n.p., illustrated in color Lisa Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume One: 1956-1976, New Haven 2014, no. D1970.57, p. 271, illustrated in color Exhibited Fort Worth Art Center Museum, Contemporary American Art: Los Angeles (from Fort Worth-Dallas Collections) , January - February 1972 New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha , June 2004 - May 2005, p. 17 (text) and pl. 92, p. 134, illustrated in color