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Ed Ruscha

Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You

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American | B. 1937

signed, titled and dated ‘‘Be Cautious Else We Be Bangin on You’ Ed Ruscha 1997’ on the backing board 
bleach on rayon mounted on board
50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 15 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1997.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Christie's, Melbourne, 3 April 2001, lot 49
Patrick McCaffrey, Dublin
Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 358
Collection Philip H. Selway, Los Angeles
Christie's, London, 13 November 2014, lot 348
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Marcia E. Vetrocq, 'The 1997 Venice Biennale: A Space Odyssey', in Art in America, 1997, p. 72 (illustrated)
Mary Richards, Ed Ruscha: ER, London, 2008, p. 88 (illustrated)
David Breskin, Dirty Baby, Munich, 2010, no. B12 (illustrated)
Nels Cline, Dirty Baby, Venice, California, 2010, no. B12 (illustrated)
Robert Dean and Lisa Turvey, eds., Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume Five: 1993-1997, New York, 2012, no. P1997.07, p. 294 (illustrated, p. 295)

Literature

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Edward Ruscha: Cityscapes and O Books, 1997, р. 27 (illustrated)
XLVII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, United States Pavilion, Future, Present, Past: A Labyrinth, 1997
Brussels, Vedovi Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Year after year, 16 April-27 June 2025

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