Works on Paper, Beverly Hills, April 16–May 14, 2005

Ghada Amer, Untitled, 1991

Colored pencil, graphite, and crayon on paper, 8 ¼ × 11 ⅛ inches (21 × 28.3 cm)

Cecily Brown, Four Letter Heaven (Animation Cells-Cunnilingus), 1995

Mixed media on paper, 15 drawings: 18 ⅛ × 36 2/8 inches overall, framed (46 × 92 cm)

Francesco Clemente, Santo, 1994–95

Pastel on paper, 26 ⅜ × 19 inches (67.1 × 48.3 cm)

Dexter Dalwod Robert Blake, 2004

Pencil, color pencil and image on paper 11 3/4 × 8 1/3 inches (30 × 21 cm)

Willem de Kooning, Untitled (#32), 1950–53

Graphite on cardboard, 14 ⅛ × 8 ½ inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)

Damien Hirst, Pain Relief, 2004

Unique print on paper with pencil, ink, collage, cigarette, pills, and pharmaceutical packaging, 43 × 80 inches (109.2 × 203.2 cm)

Howard Hodgkin, Design for the British Council Building in Delhi, 1992

Gouache on paper, 11 ¼ × 67 5/16 inches (28.5 × 171 cm)

Ellsworth Kelly, Jessie, 1959

Collage on paper, 6 × 31 ½ inches (15.2 × 80 cm)

Mark Licari Kitchen Sink, 2005

Ink, colored pencil and watercolor on paper 30 × 41 3/4 inches (76.2 × 106 cm)

Chris Ofili Untitled, 1999

Watercolor on paper 2 drawings framed together: 9 3/4 × 5 7/8 inches each (24.8 × 14.9 cm)

Nancy Rubins, Drawing, 2005

Pencil on paper, 131 × 111 ¼ inches (332.7 × 282.6 cm)

David Smith, Untitled (study for CUBI), 1963

Spray enamel on paper, 13 × 9 ¾ inches (33 × 24.8 cm)

Philip Taaffe, Jester Flight, 2004

Oil and enamel on paper, 35 ¾ × 24 inches (90.8 × 61 cm)

Mark Tansey, Search, 2000

Graphite and oil on gessoed paper, 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm)

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Gagosian is pleased to present a group exhibition of selected works on paper including pieces by Richard Artschwager, Cecily Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem de Kooning, Ellen Gallagher, Richard Hamilton, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Mike Kelley, Richard Prince, Nancy Rubins, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Mark Tansey, Robert Therrien, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Franz West, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Wright, among others.

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Ed Ruscha, At That, 2020, dry pigment and acrylic on paper.

“Things Fall Apart”: Ed Ruscha’s Swiped Words

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Andrea Domenico Remps, Cabinet of Curiosities, c. 1690, oil on canvas, 39 × 54 inches (99 × 137 cm), Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy.

For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.

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Andy Warhol catalogue. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1965.

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Andy Warhol cover design for the magazine Aspen 1, no. 3.

Artists’ Magazines

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In the Studio: Damien Hirst’s Veil Paintings

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