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Ed Ruscha
Course of Empire; Brown Course of Empire; and Black Course of Empire
- Estimate
- $5,000 - 7,000
$4,032
Lot Details
Three lithographs, one in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
2005
all I. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
all S. 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm)
all S. 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm)
All signed, dated and numbered 'C.T.P. 1', 'A.P. P' and 'A.P. S' in pencil respectively (a color trial proof and two artist's proofs, the editions were 50 and 35), published by Hamilton Press, Venice, California (with their blindstamps), all framed.
Specialist
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.