Details

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in March 1987 by the present owner

Exhibited

San Francisco, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, Edward Ruscha: Paintings, September - October 1986 New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Ed Ruscha: New Paintings, November 1987, no. 3, illustrated in color Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen; Barcelona, Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions; London, Serpentine Gallery and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Edward Ruscha, June 1989 - February 1991, no. 25, pp. 94-95, illustrated in color and 139 (Barcelona), pp. 68-69, illustrated in color (Rotterdam) New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art , Paint and Painted, May 1993 - April 1995 Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Miami Art Museum; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, Ed Ruscha , June 2000 - September 2001, pp. 102-103, illustrated in color New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art , Ed Ruscha: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1964 - 2002, April 2003 - March 2005 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , Ed Ruscha: Road Tested, January - April 2011

Literature

Kenneth Baker, "The Cool Ruscha," San Francisco Chronicle, 1986, p. 38 John Cheim, ed., Ed Ruscha , New York, 1987, no. 3, p. 9, illustrated in color Dan Cameron, et al., Edward Ruscha , Paris, 1989, no. 29, p. 52, illustrated in color "Ed Ruscha," Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Calendar, 2001, p. 1, illustrated in color Lisa Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Three: 1983-1987 , New York, 2014, no. P1986.21, p. 212, illustrated in color

Catalog summary

The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined Ed Ruscha b. 1937 Uphill Driver signed and dated 1986 (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 54 by 120 in. 137.2 by 304.8 cm. Executed in 1986. Provenance Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in March 1987 by the present owner Literature Kenneth Baker, "The Cool Ruscha," San Francisco Chronicle, 1986, p. 38 John Cheim, ed., Ed Ruscha , New York, 1987, no. 3, p. 9, illustrated in color Dan Cameron, et al., Edward Ruscha , Paris, 1989, no. 29, p. 52, illustrated in color "Ed Ruscha," Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Calendar, 2001, p. 1, illustrated in color Lisa Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Three: 1983-1987 , New York, 2014, no. P1986.21, p. 212, illustrated in color Exhibited San Francisco, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, Edward Ruscha: Paintings, September - October 1986 New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Ed Ruscha: New Paintings, November 1987, no. 3, illustrated in color Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen; Barcelona, Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions; London, Serpentine Gallery and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Edward Ruscha, June 1989 - February 1991, no. 25, pp. 94-95, illustrated in color and 139 (Barcelona), pp. 68-69, illustrated in color (Rotterdam) New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art , Paint and Painted, May 1993 - April 1995 Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Miami Art Museum; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, Ed Ruscha , June 2000 - September 2001, pp. 102-103, illustrated in color New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art , Ed Ruscha: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1964 - 2002, April 2003 - March 2005 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , Ed Ruscha: Road Tested, January - April 2011