Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)

Gasoline Stations 1962

Details

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Gasoline Stations 1962
signed, numbered and dated 'A.P. Ed Ruscha '89' (on the title sheet)--each numbered 'A.P.' (on the reverse)
portfolio of ten framed black and white photographs with gray cloth-covered portfolio box
each sheet: 19½ x 23 in. (49.6 x 58.5 cm.)
portfolio box: 203/8 x 255/8 x 13/8 in. (51.8 x 65.1 x 3.5 cm.)
Executed in 1962 and printed in 1989 by the artist. This portfolio is one of eight artist's proofs outside the edition of twenty-five and one trial proof. (11)

Provenance

Collection of the artist.

Literature

S. Engberg, Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue raisonné, New York, 1999, vol. II, no. 187-196, pp. 108-109 (illustrated, vol. I, pp. 53-55).

Lot Essay

The portfolio contains the following photographs:
Union - Needles, CA
Shell - Daggett, CA
Phillips 66 - Flagstaff, AZ
Texaco - Jackrabbit, AZ
Flying A - Kingman, AZ
Dixie - Lupton, AZ
Self-Service - Milan, NM
Standard - Amarillo, TX
Knox-Less - Oklahoma City, OK
Fina - Groom, TX