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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
- A Group of Fourteen Artist's Books

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
A Group of Fourteen Artist's Books
Price Realized
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  • $96,100
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $6,000 - $9,000

Sale Information

Sale 2168
Post War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
14 May 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





Lot Description

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
A Group of Fourteen Artist's Books
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Edward Ruscha (Ed-Werd Rew-Shay) Young Artist
A book accompanying the exhbition of Prints, Drawings and Books of Edward Rusch at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, April 18-May 28, 1972.
Various Small Fires and Milk, 1964
Colored People, 1972
Business Cards (a collaboration with Al Bengston), 1960
Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966
Hard Light (a collaboration with Lawrence Weiner), 1978
Twenty Six Gasoline Stations, 1963
Real Estate Opportunities, 1970
Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965
Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965
Royal Road Test (a collaboration with Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell), 1967
Thirty Four Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1967
A Few Palm Trees, 1971 (17)

Pre-Lot Text

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BETTY FREEMAN

Provenance

Gift from the artist to the present owner

Lot Notes

Eleven books inscribed by the artist to Betty Freeman on the inside front covers.

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