$8,800
Ed Ruscha Book cover: "Ed Ruscha Mountains and Portraits" Hand Signed by Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph softcover book cover (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Front and back covers of the octavo (monograph): "Ed Ruscha - Mountains and Portraits: Mementos of the Human Race Ta...
Offset
$3,500
Reading Ed Ruscha (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), Lt. Ed. European offset lithograph
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Reading Ed Ruscha (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 2012 Offset Lithograph Poster Boldly signed in black marker by Ed Ruscha on the lower front, edition of approx. 50 hand signe...
Lithograph, Offset
Ed Ruscha: Reading Ed Ruscha Book 2013 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a signed First Edition of Ed Ruscha: Reading Ed Ruscha hardcover book.
Paper
$4,500
Ed Ruscha - LIFE Offset lithograph poster (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha) Lt Ed of 23
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed in black marker by Ed Ruscha on the front This is one of only 23 hand signed posters that the artist contributed to the Venice Art Walk in 1988...
Lithograph, Offset
$15,000
Ed Ruscha - Gal Chews Same Gum Since 1965 poster print Hand signed by Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Paintings (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2014 Offset lithograph print (Hand signed on the front) Published by Gagosian Gallery, Rome 26 × 27 inches Unframed Highly collectible...
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
SIGNED Ed RUSCHA A Few Palm Trees (Ed Ruscha A Few Palm Trees 1st edition)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ed Ruscha A Few Palm Trees 1971 (1st edition): Hand-signed 1st edition of Ed Ruscha's A Few Palm Trees.
Paper
Ed Ruscha, Ice - Signed Exhibition Poster, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2002
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare original poster from Ed Ruscha’s 2002 exhibition titled "Ed Ruscha", held at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg from February 2 to April 28, 2002.
Offset
Ed Ruscha, Photographer - Signed Exhibition Poster, Museum Ludwig, 2006
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare original poster for Ed Ruscha's 2006 exhibition "Ed Ruscha: Photographer".
Felt Pen, Offset
$9,500
EDWARD RUSCHA - HARD AT WORK - note to museum director, Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Autographed postcard to Ruth Fine, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC postmarked December 27, 1982 from Los Angeles A rare and highly engaging vintage piece of artist correspond...
Postcard, Graphite
$14,500
Ed Ruscha, Los Angeles Bicentennial Lithograph: 200 Years Old, rare Signed/N ed.
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha 200 Years Old, 1980 Lithograph with offset lettering Hand signed and numbered 132/425 by Ed Ruscha in graphite pencil on the front 30 1/2 × 25 inches Unframed Bibliography...
Lithograph, Offset
For Sale 17 Acres, from Rusty Signs by Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Ed Ruscha For Sale 17 Acres, from Rusty Signs 2014 Mixograph on handmade paper 24 x 24 in.
Mixed Media
$13,992
Ed Ruscha, Insect Slant (Ants) - Lithograph and Screenprint, 1973, Signed Print
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ed Ruscha (American, born 1937) Insect Slant (Ants), from Reality and Paradoxes, 1973 Medium: Lithograph and screenprint, on Rives BFK paper Dimensions: 55.9 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in) E...
Lithograph, Screen
$5,500
On the Road (10 sandwiches with bread and salami), SIGNED by Ed Ruscha (Ed. 100)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha On the Road (10 sandwiches with bread and salami) (Hand signed and dated by Ed Ruscha), 2010 Letterpress on paper with die-cut photograph tipped in by hand to a blind debos...
Mixed Media, Etching, Lithograph, Offset
Chicago International Art Exposition print (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha) rare!
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Chicago International Art Exposition (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 1983 Offset Lithograph.
Lithograph, Offset
Ed Ruscha, Vacant Lots Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, 1970s, Edition of 35
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Signed, inscribed with date and numbered on reverse Four silver gelatin prints Image size: 22 x 22 inches each Paper size: 29 1/4 x 29 inches each From an edition of 35 Ed Ruscha’s ...
Silver Gelatin
$7,000
America Needs Hart (vintage campaign offset lithograph hand signed by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha America Needs Hart (Hand Signed), 1983 Offset lithograph (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha) 36 inches (vertical) x 24 inches (horizontal) Boldly signed in marker by Ed Ruscha on th...
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Ed Ruscha 'Grey Suds' from the 'Suds Suite' Limited Edition, Signed Print
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Rafael, CA
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) Grey Suds, 1971 (from the series 'Suds Suite') Screenprint in colors on Arches paper Edition 34/100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs) Signed, numbered, and dat...
Screen
Ed Ruscha Zoot Soot 2015 Die-Cut Letterpress on Handmade Paper Signed Edition
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Ed Ruscha Title: Zoot Soot Medium: Die-Cut letterpress on handmade paper with colored threads Year: 2015 Paper Size: 10-3/4" x 13-3/4" Frame Size: 16-1/2" x 19-1/2" Edition: ...
Paper
$15,000
Ed Ruscha 20th LA Film Festival poster print, HAND SIGNED with superb provenance
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
20th LA Film Fest (Hand Signed), 2014 Offset Lithograph with Ed Ruscha authograph 36 × 24 inches Boldly signed on the front in black marker by Ed Ruscha Published by Film Independent...
Offset
$5,500
Ed Ruscha - ED IN BURGH - AMERICA'S COOLEST LIVING ARTIST scarce Scottish poster
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Published in a limited edition (exact edition unknown) one-off exclusively for this exhibition. Unframed; not signed ED RUSCHA BIOGRAPHY: Ed Ruscha was born in 1937 in Omaha, Nebras...
Lithograph, Offset
$8,800
Ed Ruscha - GOD signed and numbered print limited edition of 50 in artist frame
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha GOD, 2010 Digital Light Jet Print in Artist-Designed Frame Edition 48/50 Hand-signed by artist, Signed, numbered and dated 48/50 by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the back P...
Felt Pen, Inkjet
Ed Ruscha, L.C. (from Leo Castelli 90th Birthday), 1997, Pop Art, Signed Print
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ed Ruscha (American, born 1937) L.C., from Leo Castelli 90th Birthday, 1997 Medium: Screenprint in colors, on Somerset Velvet paper Dimensions: 94.2 x 68.8 cm (37 1/8 x 27 1/8 in) Ed...
Screen
$5,500
WALKS TALKS FLIES SWIMS AND CRAWLS, Rare Card, (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha) Framed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha WALKS TALKS FLIES SWIMS AND CRAWLS (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 1992 Offset lithograph invitation card (hand signed) Vintage Robert Miller Gallery invitation card Boldly sig...
Postcard, Lithograph, Offset
$10,000
Ed Ruscha, EE-NUF! limited signed lithograph 31/50 protest, text Pop Art -SCARCE
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
This limited edition offset lithograph is hand signed and numbered 31/50 by Ed Ruscha on the front.
Pencil, Lithograph, Offset
$8,800
Artist Book Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass Hand signed by Ed Ruscha LtEd
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
It is, exceptionally hand signed by Ed Ruscha. Rare and highly collectible when hand signed by Ruscha.
Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Ruscha 342 Fat Lava Vase Organic Western Germany Ceramics Signed 1960s-70s
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Classic Ruscha 342 vase was heavily featured in first retrospective exhibition of West German ceramics of the 1960s-1970s in the Graham Cooley Collection that brought Fat Lava ceram...
Ceramic, Pottery
Lt. Ed. Artist Book: Business Cards (Signed by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston)
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston Business Cards (hand signed by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston), 1968 Mixed Media Artist's Book: Softback monograph with a latigo leather thong, silver g...
Leather, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Silver Gelatin
Fun Vacation (200 Engberg) Lithograph signed 13/16 by Ed Ruscha AND Kenny Scharf
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha and Kenny Scharf Fun Vacation (200, Engberg), 1990 Lithograph in five colors on white Rives BFK paper (hand signed by BOTH Ed Ruscha and Kenny Scharf) 36 × 27 inches Hand-s...
Pencil, Graphite, Lithograph
$17,800
Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1st Edition Artist Book, Signed & inscribed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
“I don’t have any Seine River like Monet, I’ve just got US 66 between Oklahoma and Los Angeles.” — Ed Ruscha True First Edition of Ruscha's most iconic book - hand signed with except...
Foil
Cheese Mold Standard with Olive, 1969, Hand Signed Screen Print, AP Edition
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered 'AP' by the artist (main edition of 150 plus 10 artist proofs made). Image size 19.5 x 37 inches. Sheet size 25.7...
Screen
Price Upon Request
Egg
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Egg 1974 Signed, dated, and numbered Lithograph on arches paper (Edition of 24) 8.5 x 19 inches, image
Lithograph
L.C. (Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Greenwich, CT
From the total edition of 190, signed 'Ed Ruscha '97' lower right and numbered XIX/XC lower left (there were also 90 Arabic and 10 PP).
Paper, Screen
Price Upon Request
L.A.S.F. #3
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2003, this color soft-ground etching is hand-signed by Ed Ruscha (Nebraska, 1937 - ) in pencil in the lower right margin.
Etching
Sign in a Mudstorm
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ed Ruscha Sign in a Mudstorm, 2021 Direct gravure printed in black and brown.
Etching
Sign in a Sandstorm
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ed Ruscha Sign in a Sandstorm, 2021 Direct gravure printed in black and brown.
Etching
Sign in a Rainstorm
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ed Ruscha Sign in a Rainstorm, 2021 Direct gravure printed in black and blue.
Etching
Untitled (Blank Sign), Lithograph by Ed Ruscha, 1989
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Orange, CA
Untitled (Blank Sign), Lithograph by Ed Ruscha, 1989 Additional information: Medium: Lithograph on grey Rives BFK paper Dimensions: 27 x 36 inches About artist: Born in 1937 in Oma...
Paper, Lithograph
Dead End 2, from Rusty Signs, 2014
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixografia print on handmade paper 24 x 24 inches Edition of 50 Signed and numbered RUS019A
Other Medium
For Sale 17 Acres, from Rusty Signs
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
From the Edition of 85 This piece is pencil signed, dated and numbered.
Cash For Tools 2, from Rusty Signs
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
From the Edition of 50 This piece is signed, dated and numbered in pencil.
Broadway Arcade
By Michael Scalisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
But, my favorite artist whom I’m friends with is, Ed Ruscha. I once saw a sign in a Poughkeepsie diner that read, ‘Serve Spaghetti Nights.’
C Print
Sold
H 28.5 in W 24.5 in
Ed Ruscha "Angel" signed lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper from edition of 50
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Angel" lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper by Ed Ruscha. Signed Ed Ruscha and dated 2006 in pencil on verso.
Paper, Lithograph
Ed Ruscha Lithograph "America Whistles", Signed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha, lithograph, signed 137/200. Dated 1975.
Paper
Ed Ruscha 'America Whistles' Signed Lithograph 1975
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present) 1975 Lithograph in colors on Arches wove paper, signed in graphite, dated, and numbered 189/200, from the series America: The Third Century.
Lithograph
Ed Ruscha 'Other' Lithograph 2004
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
Ed Ruscha 'Other' 2004 Signed, numbered and dated to lower edge Part of an edition of 250 Please reach out with any questions!
Lithograph
Sold
H 12 in W 16 in D 1 in
Contemporary Unframed Angel Print Signed By Artist Ed Ruscha 33/68 Dated 1991
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an unframed print, signed by artist Ed Ruscha numbered 33/68 and dated 1991.
Sold
H 10.83 in W 8.47 in D 0.4 in
Ed Ruscha: New Paintings and a Retrospective on Works of Paper, Signed - 1998
By Ed Ruscha
Located in CA, CA
Published in 1998 by Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London. In this signed copy, 'New Paintings and a Retrospective of Works on Paper,' we are presented with an artistic career spanning...
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H 39 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
After Edward Ruscha 'Chicago International Art Exposition' 1983, Original
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 39 x 27.5 inches ( 99.06 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 31 x 27.5 inches ( 78.74 x 69.85 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Printed on Arches paper. I...
Lithograph
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H 39 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
After Edward Ruscha 'Chicago International Art Exposition' 1983, Original
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 39 x 27.5 inches ( 99.06 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 31 x 27.5 inches ( 78.74 x 69.85 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Printed on Arches paper. I...
Lithograph
Venice Art Walk (Life) (Signed)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed offset-lithograph, poster on smooth wove paper after American artist Ed Ruscha (1937-) titled "Venice Art Walk (Life)", 1988.
Lithograph, Offset
History Kids
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha History Kids, 2013 Lithograph Image size: 24 1/16 x 24 inches (61.1 x 71.8 cm) Paper size: 29 x 28 1/4 inches (73.7 x 71.8 cm) Edition 60 Signed 'Ed Ruscha' and dated lower...
Lithograph
Periods
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha PERIODS, 2013 Lithograph Image size: 24 1/16 x 24 inches (61.1 x 71.8 cm) Paper size: 29 x 28 1/4 inches (73.7 x 71.8 cm) Edition 60 Signed 'Ed Ruscha' and dated ...
Lithograph
This Sky
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha This Sky 1991 Signed and numbered, verso Lithograph (Edition of 15) 13 x 16 inches Contact gallery for price.
Lithograph
"Clock"
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mixographia embossed engraving on handmade paper. Signed Ed Ruscha (b. 1937- ) and dated ’94 in pencil in bottom right hand corner. 52/75.
Engraving, Handmade Paper
Huge Industrial Pop Art Red and White Truckers Gas Station Numbers
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A seven and a two, they are three feet tall. Pretty clean examples considering the nature of their usual environment.
Metal
Ed Ruscha 'Music' Signed Limited Edition Print
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Rafael, CA
Ed Ruscha (born 1937) Music, 2014 Lithograph Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 47/60 With blindstamp of the publisher Hamilton Press, Venice Sheet: 22 3/8in H x 18 1/16in L In a n...
Lithograph
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H 7 in W 5.5 in D 1 in
Ed Ruscha Pair of Art Books 'Nine Swimming Pools + Ruscha' One Signed, 1968
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
From the estate of the late Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, daughter of the late art collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn of the 'Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden'. 'Nine Swimming Pools' is s...
Paper
Ed Ruscha 'Note' Signed Five Color Screenprint on Sandpaper 2017
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present) Ed Ruscha's piece 'Note' is 2017 five color screenprint on sandpaper.
Screen
Sold
H 36 in W 24 in
America Needs Hart (vintage campaign poster hand signed by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha America Needs Hart (Hand Signed), 1983 Offset lithograph (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha) 36 inches (vertical) x 24 inches (horizontal) Boldly signed in marker by Ed Ruscha on th...
Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph
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H 32.25 in W 23 in
Offset lithograph poster entitled, EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2020 Color lithographic poster on wove paper (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Boldly signed by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the front 32 1/4 ×...
Lithograph, Permanent Marker
Sold
H 11 in W 11 in
Signed Edition by ED RUSCHA OKLAHOMA 2021 Hardcover Catalog Contemporary Art
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Draper, UT
OKLA 2021 Catalog: Limited edition of 100 copies signed by artist Ed Ruscha This fully illustrated catalogue documents the landmark exhibition as installed at Oklahoma Contemporary.
Archival Paper
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H 4 in W 6 in
Art card: HOLLYWOOD TANTRUM, 1979, (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha), Framed - SCARCE!
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Hollywood Tantrum, 1979 (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2008 Offset lithograph postcard (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Offset lithograph postcard Boldly signed in black marker by E...
Postcard
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H 24.75 in W 35 in
Oklahoma-E, OKLA Contemporary (One of only ten (10) Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Oklahoma-E, OKLA Contemporary (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 2021 Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl 285 gsm bright white, slightly textured alpha cellulose paper 24 3/4 × 35 inches Ed...
Lithograph, Offset, Ink
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H 32.25 in W 23 in
EE-NUF! Anti-Trump, pro-choice, anti-pollution print (hand signed by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2020 Color lithographic poster on wove paper (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Boldly signed by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the front 32 1/4 ×...
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Sold
H 32.25 in W 23 in
EE-NUF! Limited Edition of approx. 150 print, Hand Signed in marker by Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2020 Color lithographic poster on wove paper (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Boldly signed by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the front 32 1/4 ×...
Lithograph, Offset
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H 32.25 in W 23 in
EE-NUF! Limited Edition of approx. 150 print, Hand Signed in marker by Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2020 Color lithographic poster on wove paper (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Boldly signed by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the front 32 1/4 ×...
Lithograph, Offset
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H 39 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
1983 After Edward Ruscha 'Chicago International Art Exposition' Pop Art
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 39 x 27.5 inches ( 99.06 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 31 x 27.5 inches ( 78.74 x 69.85 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Printed on Arches paper. I...
Lithograph
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H 39 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
1983 After Edward Ruscha 'Chicago International Art Exposition' Pop Art
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 39 x 27.5 inches ( 99.06 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 31 x 27.5 inches ( 78.74 x 69.85 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Printed on Arches paper. I...
Lithograph
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H 10.5 in W 8.75 in D 5 in
OLD SMOBILE (Hand signed and inscribed to famous California native Stan Smith)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha OLD SMOBILE (Hand signed and inscribed to famous California native Stan Smith), 1989 Limited Edition Softcover monograph (Hand signed and inscribed to famous California nat...
Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
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H 15.75 in W 17 in D 1.5 in
All Points, Color lithograph on Somerset paper, signed/n 143/150, text art
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha All Points, 2008 Color lithograph on Somerset paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 143/150 by Ed Ruscha on the front; publishers' blind stamp and ink stamp on the back ...
Pencil, Lithograph
Blank Signs
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Sold as a suite of 4 images. Each image 13 1/4 x 12 3/4".
Dead End 1, from Rusty Signs, 2014
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixografia print on handmade paper 24 x 24 inches Edition of 50 Signed and numbered RUS018A
Other Medium
Ed Ruscha "Hot Air Being Blown" 1982, 18/20 Signed and Dated
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Surprise, AZ
Ed Ruscha Hot air being blown Etching in colors on arches 88 paper, 1982 Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 18/20 with the Styria Studio blindstamp, New York, full sheet and full ...
Paper
Indisputably one of the most iconic American artists of the 20th century, Ed Ruscha has built a formidable body of work by staking a claim on the deceptively simple intersection of text and image, superimposing elliptical phrases (or, often, single words) over West Coast landscapes to create prints and paintings that can be read instantaneously yet evade easy understanding.
Alongside artists like Robert Irwin and Billy Al Bengston, Ruscha was a pioneer of the 1960s Los Angeles art scene as part of the famed Ferus Gallery. His embrace of Hollywood vernacular and the open Western road have tied him as closely to the identity of L.A. art as Jackson Pollock is to that of New York.
Coming to California in 1956 at the age of 18, Ruscha intended to become a commercial painter but found himself drawn to fine art, over time being shaped by three galvanizing influences: Marcel Duchamp, Pop art and the movies.
Meeting Duchamp when the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum) hosted the French Conceptual artist's first U.S. show, Ruscha was especially affected by his use of "readymade" objects and imagery, rendered unfamiliar through unexpected titles or text. Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup can paintings, meanwhile, were shown for the first time at the Ferus Gallery in 1962, opening up new vistas for Ruscha. Movies, then, provided another inspiration through their use of title cards, placing graphic text over filmic shots — The End, for instance — for maximum impact.
Ruscha began his famous series of word paintings in the 1960s, depicting various views of the Hollywood sign and the logos of studios like 20th Century Fox, but also roadside views like the Standard Oil stations dotting L.A.'s freeways. Over time these became more abstracted, pinning ambiguous, free-floating phrases (Wall Rockets is a famous example) to natural vistas, scenes of highways, or monochrome backgrounds. Beginning in about 1980, the artist began using a sharp font he designed himself, called Boy Scout Utility Modern.
A master printmaker who also works across the mediums of books, drawing, photography and even film — in 2009 he starred in a movie directed by the artist Doug Aitken — Ruscha has been an influence on a staggering array of artists, including Stephen Shore, Christopher Wool and Anselm Kiefer.
Ruscha's work has been featured in dozens of exhibitions around the world, including "Ed Ruscha: 50 Years of Painting" at London's Hayward Gallery (2009), "Ed Ruscha: Made in Los Angeles" at Madrid's Reina Sofia in 2002, a 2000 retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a survey of his works-on-paper at the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1998, and a 1982 retrospective that traveled to the Whitney Museum. In 2005 he represented the United States at the 51st Venice Biennale, and in 2009 he received a National Arts Award.
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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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