The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

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Property from a Prominent Private Collection

Ed Ruscha

Georges' Flag

Guaranteed PropertyIrrevocable Bids

Auction Closed

November 21, 01:38 AM GMT

Estimate

8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Prominent Private Collection

Ed Ruscha

b. 1937


Georges' Flag

signed and dated 1999 (on the reverse); signed, titled and dated 1999 (on the stretcher) 

oil on canvas

38 by 129 ⅛ in.

96.5 by 328 cm.

Executed in 1999.

Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles

Georges Marciano, Los Angeles (acquired from the above)

Christie's New York, 8 November 2005, lot 69 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Robert Dean, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Six: 1998-2003, New York, 2013, no. P1999.04, pp. 84-85, illustrated in color