Lot 301
  • 301

Edward Ruscha

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ed Ruscha
  • Five Views from the Panhandle:ENCO Conway, TexasMOBIL Shamrock, TexasFINA Groom, TexasHUDSON Amarillo, TexasCONOCO Shamrock, Texas
  • each annotated 'Printer's Proof 2/2' and stamped with a title and date on the reverse; together with the printed title, plate list, colophon, and dedication, signed and numbered P.P 2/2'
  • gelatin silver print

  • each: 7 1/2 by 7 1/2 in.
  • 19.1 by 19.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1962 and printed in 2007, New York, Carolina Nitsch and The New Museum of Contemporary Art, this work is printer's proof 2 from a total edition of 45.
(New York: Carolina Nitsch and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007, an edition of 30 plus 12 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs, and 1 Achenbach proof), a portfolio of 5 photographs, each annotated 'Printer's Proof 2/2' in an unidentified hand in pencil and with a stamped title and date on the reverse, matted, 1962, printed in 2007; together with the printed title, plate list, colophon, and dedication, signed and numbered 'P.P 2/2' by the photographer in pencil.  Folio, linen clamshell box with stamped silver lettering, Printer's Proof no. 2 in a total edition of 45

Condition

The photographs are all in generally excellent condition. 'Fina': Visible upon close inspection is a circular area in the sky, 1/4-inch in diameter, that has been retouched. The clamshell box is in generally excellent condition.
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