Lot Essay
This work appears as P1997.07 on pages 294-95 (illustrated in color) in R. Dean & L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Five, 1993-1997. Gagosian Gallery/Steidl, 2012.
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Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You
Details
Edward Ruscha (b. 1937)
Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You
signed, titled and dated '"BE CAUTIOUS ELSE WE BE BANGIN ON YOU" Ed Ruscha 1997' (on the reverse)
bleach on rayon mounted on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1997.
Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You
signed, titled and dated '"BE CAUTIOUS ELSE WE BE BANGIN ON YOU" Ed Ruscha 1997' (on the reverse)
bleach on rayon mounted on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1997.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Martin Browne Fine Art, New South Wales
Anon. sale; Christie's, Melbourne, 3 April 2001, lot 49
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 358
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Martin Browne Fine Art, New South Wales
Anon. sale; Christie's, Melbourne, 3 April 2001, lot 49
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 358
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
M. E. Vetrocq, “The 1997 Venice Biennale: A Space Oddessy,” Art in America, September 1977, p. 72 (illustrated in color).
M. Richards, Ed Ruscha, London, 2008, p. 88 (illustrated in color).
D. Breskin, Dirty Baby, New York, 2010 (illustrated in color).
R. Dean & L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Five, 1993-1997, New York 2012, p. 294-295, no. P1997.07 (illustrated in color).
M. Richards, Ed Ruscha, London, 2008, p. 88 (illustrated in color).
D. Breskin, Dirty Baby, New York, 2010 (illustrated in color).
R. Dean & L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Five, 1993-1997, New York 2012, p. 294-295, no. P1997.07 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Venice, XLVII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte: Future Present Past, June-November 1997.
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Ed Ruscha, May 1997, p. 27 (illustrated).
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Ed Ruscha, May 1997, p. 27 (illustrated).
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