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Art is Art: Works from the Personal Collection of Wendy Al and Billy Al Bengston
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Black Sex #1
Details
ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Black Sex #1
signed, titled and dated '"BLACK SEX #1" Edward Ruscha 1979' (on the reverse)
pastel on paper
23 1⁄8 x 29 1⁄8 in. (58.7 x 74 cm.)
Executed in 1979.
Black Sex #1
signed, titled and dated '"BLACK SEX #1" Edward Ruscha 1979' (on the reverse)
pastel on paper
23 1⁄8 x 29 1⁄8 in. (58.7 x 74 cm.)
Executed in 1979.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Literature
M. Tennesen and R. Marks, "'Local' Arts Hits the Big Time," Los Angeles Magazine, vol. 25, no. 2, February 1980, p. 121 (studio image illustrated).
E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
L. Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume 2: 1977-1997, New York, 2018, p. 103, no. D1979.45 (illustrated).
E. Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London, 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
L. Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume 2: 1977-1997, New York, 2018, p. 103, no. D1979.45 (illustrated).
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