Details ED RUSCHA (b. 1937)The Futuresigned and dated Ed Ruscha 1981 (on the reverse); dated July 18, 81 (on the overlap)oil on canvas22 x 80 in. (55.8 x 203.2 cm.)Painted in 1981. Provenance James Corcoran Gallery and Devorzon Galleries, Los AngelesMr. and Mrs. Roy Carver, CaliforniaAnon. sale; Sothebys, New York, 2 May 1989, lot 83The Marciano Group, Los AngelesMichael Kohn Gallery, Los AngelesPaul Kasmin Gallery, New YorkAcquired from the above by the present owner, 2010 Literature R. Dean and E. Wright, eds., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Two: 1971-1982, New York, 2005, pp. 366-367, n. P1981.06 (illustrated). Exhibited Lyon, Musée St-Pierre, Edward Ruscha, October-November 1985, p. 94 (illustrated).Los Angeles, Japanese-American Community Cultural Center, August 1945-August 1985: Imagine Theres a Future, 1985. Conditions of sale