ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Sea of Desire
Details
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Sea of Desire
hot sauce on moiré
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Sea of Desire
hot sauce on moiré
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
Gallery Moos, Toronto
Ira Young, Vancouver
Private collection
Galerie Ralph Wernicke, Berlin
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 11 November 2009, lot 151
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Gallery Moos, Toronto
Ira Young, Vancouver
Private collection
Galerie Ralph Wernicke, Berlin
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 11 November 2009, lot 151
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
W. Wilson, "Artwalk," Los Angeles Times, 28 September 1973, p. IV-6.
M. Terbell, "Ruscha Stain Paintings," Artweek, 20 October 1973, p. 5.
A. Thornycroft, “California report,” Studio International, vol. 186, no. 961, December 1973, p. 243.
J. Daval, “La decouverte des origines,” Skira Annual, no. 5, Geneva, 1979, p. 87 (illustrated).
P. Failing, "Ed Ruscha, Young Artist," ARTnews vol. 81, no. 4, April 1982, p. 80 (illustrated).
R. Dean and E. Wright, Edward Rucha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, 2005, pp. 11 and 128-129, no. P1973.30 (illustrated).
M. Terbell, "Ruscha Stain Paintings," Artweek, 20 October 1973, p. 5.
A. Thornycroft, “California report,” Studio International, vol. 186, no. 961, December 1973, p. 243.
J. Daval, “La decouverte des origines,” Skira Annual, no. 5, Geneva, 1979, p. 87 (illustrated).
P. Failing, "Ed Ruscha, Young Artist," ARTnews vol. 81, no. 4, April 1982, p. 80 (illustrated).
R. Dean and E. Wright, Edward Rucha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, 2005, pp. 11 and 128-129, no. P1973.30 (illustrated).
Exhibition
Los Angeles, Ace Gallery, Ed Ruscha: New Works in Various Materials lus the 1969 Book of Stains, September-October 1973.
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