Property from a Private West Coast Collection
174
Ed Ruscha
Three works: (i-iii) Periods
- Estimate
- $120,000 - 180,000
Lot Details
unique lithographs
each inscribed and consecutively numbered "Cancellation Proof [1, 6, 7]" lower left; each signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2013" lower right
each image 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm)
each sheet 28 7/8 x 28 in. (73.3 x 71 cm)
each sheet 28 7/8 x 28 in. (73.3 x 71 cm)
Executed in 2013, these are unique cancellation proofs 1, 6 and 7 aside from an edition of 60 of the final version.
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Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
Exhibited
Ed Ruscha
American | 1937Quintessentially American, Ed Ruscha is an L.A.-based artist whose art, like California itself, is both geographically rooted and a metaphor for an American state of mind. Ruscha is a deft creator of photography, film, painting, drawing, prints and artist books, whose works are simultaneously unexpected and familiar, both ironic and sincere.
His most iconic works are at turns poetic and deadpan, epigrammatic text with nods to advertising copy, juxtaposed with imagery that is either cinematic and sublime or seemingly wry documentary. Whether the subject is his iconic Standard Gas Station or the Hollywood Sign, a parking lot or highway, his works are a distillation of American idealism, echoing the expansive Western landscape and optimism unique to postwar America.
Browse ArtistHis most iconic works are at turns poetic and deadpan, epigrammatic text with nods to advertising copy, juxtaposed with imagery that is either cinematic and sublime or seemingly wry documentary. Whether the subject is his iconic Standard Gas Station or the Hollywood Sign, a parking lot or highway, his works are a distillation of American idealism, echoing the expansive Western landscape and optimism unique to postwar America.