Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Ed Ruscha catalogue raisonné.
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PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
The Amazing Earth
Details
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
The Amazing Earth
signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1984' (on the reverse); signed again, titled and dated again 'EDWARD RUSCHA "THE AMAZING EARTH" 1984' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
64 x 64 in. (162.5 x 162.5 cm.)
Painted in 1984.
The Amazing Earth
signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1984' (on the reverse); signed again, titled and dated again 'EDWARD RUSCHA "THE AMAZING EARTH" 1984' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
64 x 64 in. (162.5 x 162.5 cm.)
Painted in 1984.
Provenance
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Anon. sale; Christie's London, 11 December 1997, lot 52
Anon. sale; Christie's London, 11 December 1997, lot 52
Literature
W. Wilson, "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, 1985, p. 16.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, James Corcoran Gallery, Ed Ruscha New Paintings, January-February 1985.
Hamburg, Jürgen Becker, Edward Ruscha, February-May 1997.
Hamburg, Jürgen Becker, Edward Ruscha, February-May 1997.