Ed Ruscha
America Whistles (Siri Engberg 84), 1975
5 color lithograph on Arches paper
paper: 30 1/16 x 22 7/16 inches
frame: 31 1/2 x 24 inches
edition: 200 + 25 AP's, 25 HC's
signed & dated "Edward Ruscha 1975" in pencil lower right
numbered in pencil lower left
workshop chop mark lower left
workshop number reverse lower right "197c-ER75"
printer Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles
published by APC Editions, division of Chermayeff & Geismar Associates, Inc., New York (and underwritten by Mobil Oil Corporation)
Condition
New, pristine condition, floated archival metal frame with UV plexiglass. The impression particularly fresh and vibrant, the paper color bright white, not yellow like most impressions on the market. For decades this impression was archival stored and was only recently framed by us, floated in archival metal frame with UV plexiglass.
Provenance
From the personal collection of Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Literature
Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999 Catalogue Raisonne, Siri and Clive Phillpot Engberg, Walker Art Center, 1999, no. 84, another impression reproduced in color, page 23.
Museum Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Competitive Pricing
Another impression of Ed Ruscha's America Whistles color lithograph is available for $12,000 on 1stDibs; see details below
