Artist: Ed Ruscha
Estimate: $800,000 to $1.2 million
Like the finale of an old Hollywood movie, the words "The End" appear across what is otherwise a landscape of the American West. In typical Ruscha fashion, the English language becomes the material of his painting. Phillips de Pury will auction off Halsey Minor's collection of 22 works of art, worth roughly $30 million, on Thursday, May 13th.
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