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Ed Ruscha, Texas, 1962

Ed Ruscha

Texas, 1962
Oil and printed paper collage on paper
13 x 13 3/8 in.
33 x 34 cm.
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"The deep red paint used as a background was very red meat like. Texas always seemed like a state for carnivores" - Ed Ruscha
"The deep red paint used as a background was very red meat like. Texas always seemed like a state for carnivores" - Ed Ruscha

Provenance

Private collection, Los Angeles, gift of the artist
Private collection, Malibu
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Christie's, New York, 2019
Private European Collection

Exhibitions

San Francisco, de Young Museum, Ed Ruscha and the Great American West, July-October 2016, p. 159, no. 127 (illustrated).

Literature

M. Packham, “Vive le Texas,” Sleek, Berlin, Spring 2011, p. 63 (illustrated).
L. Turvey, Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Volume One: 1956-1976, New Haven, 2014, p. 98, no. D1962.43 (illustrated).
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