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Ed Ruscha
Various Small Fires; Some Los Angeles Apartments; Nine swimming pools; A Few Palm Trees; Colored People; and S Books (E. B2, B3, B8, B13 & B16)
- Estimate
- $2,500 - 3,500
$5,715
Lot Details
A group of six artist's books, three with glassine dust jackets.
1964-2001
one 8 x 5 3/4 x 1/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 x .6 cm)
five approx. 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x .6 cm)
five approx. 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x .6 cm)
Various Small Fires and Some Los Angeles Apartments from the second editions of 3000, Nine swimming pools, A Few Palm Trees, Colored People and S Books from the first editions of various sizes, five published by the artist, A Few Palm Trees published Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood.
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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.