2015
Edition Size: Edition of 60
Image Size: 73.7 x 73.7 cm
Sheet Size: 73.7 x 73.7 cm
Signed
Condition: Excellent
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by Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha is an American artist celebrated for his iconic paintings, drawings, and prints that often feature words and phrases rendered in a distinctive Pop art style, exploring themes of language, culture, and the American landscape.
2015
Eight-color lithograph on paper
29 x 29 in / 73.7 x 73.7 cm
Edition of 60
Signed, dated and numbered
Price on Application
American artist Ed Ruscha is a pioneer of the 1960’s Pop Art movement known for his signature ‘word paintings’, which incorporate text with images of landscapes. Ruscha studied art in Los Angeles after moving from Omaha, Nebraska in 1956 where he explored a variety of media including painting, collage, printmaking, photography and drawing. His work conflates many influences from Jasper John’s Target with Four Faces (1958), to Pop Artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. His renowned piece OOF, encapsulates popular culture, cartoons and comic strips he drew upon.
