Artist:
Ed Ruscha
Artwork:
Hurting The Word Radio #2
Size:
150 x 140.3 cm
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creation year:
1964
Marks:
Signed, titled and dated 'Hurting the Word Radio' #2 1964 Edward J. Ruscha' (on the stretcher)
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, early 1970s
Exhibition history:
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
Christie's New York
Date:
2019-11-13
Lot Number:
6B
Low Estimate:
$30000000
[+53%]
High Estimate:
$40000000
[+14%]
Hammer Price:
$46000000
Sold For:
$52485000