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- Estimate
- $18,000,000–$22,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century Evening Sale, New York · 11 November 2021
- Dimensions
- 59 ¼ x 54 ¾ in. (150.5 x 139.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3509539
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ed Ruscha, Ripe. Christie's, 11 Nov 2021, lot 37 C. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3509539.
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Ed Ruscha, Ripe. Christie's, 11 Nov 2021, lot 37 C. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3509539.
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From the same sale 20th Century Evening Sale · Nov 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| La femme à la toilette | Fernand Léger | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| The Comb | Isamu Noguchi | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
| Light | Alice Neel | $900,000–$1,200,000 | |
| Quatre pommes | Paul Cézanne | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Woldgate Tree, May | David Hockney | $3,000,000–$5,000,000 | |
| Le moulin à café | Juan Gris | $300,000–$500,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ruscha | Burning Gas Station | $22,260,000 | Christie's, May 2023 | |
| Ed Ruscha | Cold Beer Beautiful Girls | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Truth | Christie's, May 2024 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Mint (Green) | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Smash | Christie's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Securing the Last Letter (Boss) | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Brigitte Bardot | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Hurting the Word Radio #2 | Christie's, Nov 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.