Ed Ruscha, Science is Truth Found Out (Red) Limited Edition scarf , held in bespoke box, 2022

Ed Ruscha

Science is Truth Found Out (Red) Limited Edition scarf , held in bespoke box, 2022

Limited Edition 100% silk twill scarf, bearing Ruscha's authorized signature on both the scarf and the tag

Printed artist signature on the scarf itself as well as on the tag; and numbered 287/ 500 (see photographs)

51 1/4 × 51 1/4 inches

Unframed

About the scarf:
This limited-edition scarf by Ed Ruscha was produced in Italy by Massif Central in 2022, exclusively for (RED) and Gagosian.
100% silk twill
51 ¼ × 51 ¼ inches (130 × 130 cm)
Edition 287 of 500, signed and numbered
The natural silk fiber and hand-sewn edges are delicate.
Please handle with care.
Dry clean only.
A light steam will release all folds.
New in bespoke Gagosian gallery box

This limited-edition silk twill scarf by Ed Ruscha, produced by Massif Central, was released by (RED) and Gagosian. It was originally sold to raise money for (RED), where the net proceeds raised supported the fight for equitable access to COVID relief in the world’s most vulnerable communities.

In 1986 Ruscha made the original drawing on which the scarf is based, inspired by a phrase he saw inscribed in stone above the entrance to the science block of Los Angeles’s storied Hollywood High School. In the current global political climate, where suspicion and demonization of science and medicine have been widespread, this prescient image has gained new resonance and topicality. In the processes of revelation in the often circuitous path toward truth, science and scientific thinking intersect with art—probing and searching intellectually and philosophically while seeking material consequences and outcomes. Like the most elegant of scientific theories, Ruscha’s images and idioms are at once irreducibly straightforward and heroically expansive.

Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery

Provenance
Acquired directly from Gagosian Gallery

Publisher
Massif Central for RED and Gagosian