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Edward Ruscha is an American artist who belongs to the Pop Art movement that emerged from the 1960s. Based in Los Angeles, his work is a West Coast expression of the genre which is mainly seen as a New York movement epitomized by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Ed Ruscha works in the media of painting, collage, printmaking, photography and drawing. In 1956 Ruscha moved from Omaha Nebraska to Los Angeles to study art. Rebelling against the Abstract Expressionist movement of the times, Ed Ruscha drew inspiration from strongly graphic works such as Jasper John's "Target With Four Faces" (1958). Ed Ruscha cites his main influences as popular culture, cartoons and comic strips. His iconic 1962 work 'OOF' which features the word in gold lettering against a cobalt blue background could be taken straight out of the panel of a comic book. This was the first of many works featuring text, which have evolved over the years to feature typography over images. Known as 'word paintings' Ruscha likens the background images to stage settings for the words in the foreground, creating a tension between the two elements. Ed Ruscha’s exploration of landscapes began in 1962 with first art book "Twenty-six Gasoline Stations". It featured photographs of gas stations along Route 66 referencing the Beat Generation and reminiscent of Edward Hopper's 'Gas Station'. Experimenting in surrealism in the mid 1960s Ruscha's works such 'Strange Catch for a Fresh Water Fish' show objects floating in minimal spaces, often featuring graphite pencils. In the 1980s Ed Ruscha merged his love of popular culture and Southern Californian landscapes with "Hollywood" in which he repositions iconic Hollywood sign on the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains ridge against a torrid red horizon. In 2011 his exhibition "Psycho Spaghetti Western" featured desolate landscapes littered with mattresses, junk, tires and other discarded domestic items on diagonal planes. (Artist website) Read Less

Ed Ruscha

History Kids, 2013

Name: History Kids, 2013
Brand: Ed Ruscha
SKU: 12655
Price: 51500 USD
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ARTWORKS BY ED RUSCHA

Ed Ruscha

Mark Twain Quotes, 2012

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 17,800

Ed Ruscha

Cash For Tolls 1 (from Rusty Signs), 2014

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Ed Ruscha

Cash For Tolls 2 (from Rusty Signs), 2014

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Ed Ruscha

Dead End II (from Rusty Signs), 2014

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Ed Ruscha

Dead End III (from Rusty Signs), 2014

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Ed Ruscha

For Sale 17 Acres (from Rusty Signs), 2014

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Ed Ruscha

Sin, 1970

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 20,000 - 30,000

Ed Ruscha

Yes, 1984

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 30,000 - 40,000

Ed Ruscha

Periods, 2013

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 80,000 - 90,000

Ed Ruscha

Ghost Station, 2011

Limited Edition Print

Relief Printing

USD 70,000 - 80,000

Ed Ruscha

Sponge Puddle, 2015

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 42,000 - 50,000

Ed Ruscha

Zoot Suit, 2014

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 15,500

Ed Ruscha

Real Deal, 2014

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 15,500

Ed Ruscha

Angel, 2014

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 14,800

Ed Ruscha

Blue Suds, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

USD 9,600

Ed Ruscha

Rubber Bands (State II), 2017

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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Ed Ruscha

Wen Out For Cigrets N Never Came Back, 2017

Sculpture / Object

Bronze

USD 150,000 - 170,000

Ed Ruscha

Mysteries, 2021

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 75,000 - 85,000

Ed Ruscha

Ex Libris, 2018

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 6,100

Ed Ruscha

Open Book With Worm Holes, 2012

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 12,000

Ed Ruscha

New Wood, Old Wood, 2007

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

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Ed Ruscha

Books, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Photograph

USD 18,000

Ed Ruscha

Clock, 1994

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 28,000 - 35,000

Ed Ruscha

Im Amazed, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 6,950

Ed Ruscha

History Kids, 2013

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 50,000 - 60,000

Ed Ruscha

Zoot Soot, 2013

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 11,000 - 15,000

Ed Ruscha

Thinks I, To Myself, 2016

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 16,900 - 20,000

Ed Ruscha

Wall Rocket, 2013

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 70,000 - 80,000

Ed Ruscha

Turbo Tears, 2020

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 23,000 - 25,000

Ed Ruscha

Sweet Taters, 2021

Sculpture / Object

Ceramic

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Ed Ruscha

We, 2020

Limited Edition Print

Collage

GBP 12,900

Ed Ruscha

Safe And Effective Medication, 2001

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 160,000 - 180,000

Ed Ruscha

Raw, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

USD 17,000 - 20,000

Ed Ruscha

Flies And Frog, 1969

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 6,900

Ed Ruscha

Science Is Truth Found Out, 2022

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

USD 2,450

Ed Ruscha

Hollywood In The Rain, 1970

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 15,000

Ed Ruscha

Metro Mattress #4, 2015/2017

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

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Ed Ruscha

Flies, 1972

Limited Edition Print

Serigraph

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Ed Ruscha

Bolt 111, 1998

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 4,500

Ed Ruscha

Bliss Bucket, 2010

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Metro, Petro, Neuro, Psycho, 1982

Limited Edition Print

Etching

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Pico, Flower, Figueroa, 1999

Limited Edition Print

Etching And Aquatint

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Sin With Olive, 1970

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Motor City (Chrysler), 2009

Limited Edition Print

Etching And Aquatint

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Drops, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Egg (from The Domestic Tranquility Series), 1974

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Mews, 1970

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

L.C., 1997

Limited Edition Print

Serigraph

Currently Not Available

Ed Ruscha

Sin / Withouth, 2002

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

Currently Not Available

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