Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné, Edward Ruscha Works on Paper 1956-2004, edited by Dr. Rainer Crone and Dr. Petrus Schaesberg.
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Headlights Are Similar to People's Eyes
Details
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
Headlights Are Similar to People's Eyes
signed and dated 'Edward Ruscha 1974' (on the reverse)
pastel on paper
14 x 22½ in. (35.6 x 57.2 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Headlights Are Similar to People's Eyes
signed and dated 'Edward Ruscha 1974' (on the reverse)
pastel on paper
14 x 22½ in. (35.6 x 57.2 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Provenance
Leo Castelli, New York
Ulrike Kantor, Los Angeles
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Robert Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ulrike Kantor, Los Angeles
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Robert Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
D. Hickey, "Moliere Verlehrt: Eine Horanleitung su Ed-ward Rew-Shay," Parkett Magazine, 1998, p. 43, no. 18 (illustrated).
E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, p. 105 (illustrated).
E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, p. 105 (illustrated).
Exhibited
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Vancouver Art Gallery; San Antonio Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Works of Edward Ruscha, March 1982-May 1983, p. 107, pl. 79 (illustrated).
New York, Richard Gray Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Works from the 1960's-1970's, November-December 1998.
New York, Richard Gray Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Works from the 1960's-1970's, November-December 1998.
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