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Ed Ruscha
Twenty-six Gasoline Stations; Various Small Fires; and Every Building on the Sunset Strip (E. B1, B2 & B4)
- Estimate
- $3,000 - 5,000
$3,150
Lot Details
A group of three artist's books, one with the original silver slipcase.
1962-1966
all approx. 7 x 5 7/8 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14.9 x .6 cm)
All signed in blue ink, Various Small Fires dated '1963' and Twenty-six Gasoline Stations dedicated 'Sincerely yours' and numbered '315' in red pencil on the last page, all from the first editions of 400 and 1,000.
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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.