Lot 309
Insects (E. 60-65)
Sold
£12,700
Est £6,000 - £8,000
Live Auction
EVENING & DAY EDITIONS
ARTIST
Ed Ruscha
Size
all S. approx. 51 x 68.5 cm (20 1/8 x 26 7/8 in.) portfolio 52.5 x 69.5 x 2.8 cm (20 5/8 x 27 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Description

Including Flies; Black Ants; Swarm of Red Ants; Red Ants; Cockroaches; and Pearl Dust Combination. The soil for the cover of the portfolio was gathered from the playground at Hawthorne Elementary School, which Ruscha attended, in Oklahoma City.

Medium
The complete set of six screenprints in colours, three on paper-backed wood veneer and three on Fabriano paper, the full sheets loose (as issued), with title page/colophon, all contained in the original raw linen-covered portfolio with plastic cover encapsulating brownish-red sand.
Signature
All signed, dated and numbered 74/100 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proof sets in Roman numerals), published by Multiples, Inc., New York (with their and the artist's copyright inkstamp on the reverse), all unframed.
Literature
Siri Engberg 60-65