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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 14, 2019 | Christie's | New York | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 6B | $****** - ****** | Hurting the Word Radio #2 |
paintings
149.9 x 140.3 cm (59 x 55.25 in)
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated '"Hurting the Word Radio" #2 1964 Edward J. Ruscha’ (on the stretcher)
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, early 1970s
Los Angeles, Ferus Gallery, Edward Ruscha, October-November 1964.
Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Edward Ruscha, January-February 1970.
Geneva, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Edward Ruscha, 1971.
Akron Art Institute, Four Artists, January-February 1972.
Stockholm, Modern Museet, Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting, May-September 2010, pp. 91 and 185 (illustrated in color).
San Marino, The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, on loan, May 2013-September 2019.
N. Marmer, “Reviews: Edward Ruscha, Ferus Gallery,” Artforum, vol. 3, no. 3, December 1964, p. 12.
P. Steger, “A Way With Words,” San Francisco Chronicle, 25 March 1982, p. 46.
R. Dean and P. Poncy, eds., Ed Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume One: 1958-1970, New York, 2003, pp. 152-153, no. P1964.16 (illustrated in color).
signed, titled and dated '"Hurting the Word Radio" #2 1964 Edward J. Ruscha’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
59 x 55 ¼ in. (150 x 140.3 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
