ED RUSCHA | Trembling Stalks of Aquatic Vegetation

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1999

Honolulu Academy of Arts, California: 3 by 8 Twice, February - March 1978
London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Ed Ruscha, June – July 1998
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Rome, Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, Ed Ruscha, March – September 2004
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Ed Ruscha: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Books, November 2004 – January 2005

Ed Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, London 2000, n.p., illustrated in color
Catrìona Black, "Ed Ruscha," Sunday Herald, 14 November 2004, online (text)
Lisa Turvey, Ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume Two, 1977-1997, New York 2018, cat. no. D1977.19, p. 55, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is very slightly undulated due to artist 's chosen medium and working method. Under very close inspection, there is evidence of wear and handling to the edges including very light skinning and soft creases in isolated areas. Under further very close inspection there are a few scattered pinpoint brown spot accretions scattered throughout, most notably in the lower left quadrant. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the edges verso to the mat. Framed under Plexiglas.
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"I am not a big fan of meaning. Logic is also another nebulous thought. I attempt to bring threads of subjects, however shaggy, to my work and inject little suggesters to the picture itself, and this often puts a smile on my face." Ed Ruscha