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Insects by Ed Ruscha

Insects by Ed Ruscha

Susan Sheehan Gallery

Screenprint

1972

Edition Size: 100, plus proofs, each

Sheet Size: 20 x 27 inches

Reference: Engberg 60-65

Signed

Condition: Excellent

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The complete portfolio of six screenprints; Printer: Styria Studio, New York, Publisher: Multiples, Inc., New York; Catalogue raisonné Engberg 60-65; E60 – Flies, screenprint on paper-backed wood veneer, E61 – Black Ants, screenprint on paper-backed wood veneer, E62 – Swarm of Red Ants, screenprint on Fabriano Classico glazed-finish watercolor paper, E63 – Red Ants, screenprint on Fabriano Classico glazed-finish watercolor paper, E64 – Cockroaches, screenprint on paper-backed wood veneer, E65 – Pearl Dust Combination, screenprint with pearl dust on Fabriano Classico glazed-finish watercolor paper; Each sheet is signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin; The set retains its original raw linen-covered portfolio box with plastic cover encapsulating brown-red soil and combination title and colophon sheet, screenprinted in black.

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Ed Ruscha

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.

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