Property from an Important New York Collector
188
Ed Ruscha
Gasoline Stations
- Estimate
- $120,000 - 180,000
$138,600
Lot Details
10 gelatin silver prints
signed, numbered and dated "A.P. Ed Ruscha '89" on the title sheet
each 19 1/2 x 23 in. (49.5 x 58.4 cm)
portfolio box 20 3/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. (51.8 x 65.1 x 3.5 cm)
portfolio box 20 3/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. (51.8 x 65.1 x 3.5 cm)
Conceived in 1962 and printed in 1989, this portfolio is artist’s proof 1 from an edition of 25 plus 8 artist’s proofs and 1 trial proof.
The portfolio contains the following photographs: Union-Needles, CA; Shell-Daggett, CA; Phillips 66-Flagstaff, AZ; Texaco-Jackrabbit, AZ; Flying A-Kingman, AZ; Dixie-Lupton, AZ; Self-Service-Milan, NM; Standard-Amarillo, TX; Knox-Less-Oklahoma City, OK; Fina-Groom, TX
The portfolio contains the following photographs: Union-Needles, CA; Shell-Daggett, CA; Phillips 66-Flagstaff, AZ; Texaco-Jackrabbit, AZ; Flying A-Kingman, AZ; Dixie-Lupton, AZ; Self-Service-Milan, NM; Standard-Amarillo, TX; Knox-Less-Oklahoma City, OK; Fina-Groom, TX
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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.