Ed Ruscha
Actual Size (Unframed Artist Proof Print)
1962
An institutional edition released through the LACMA Store, published in support of the artist and the museum's program.
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Artist
Ed Ruscha
b. 1937, Omaha, Nebraska, USA · American · Based in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles (1956–1960)
- Word Painting
- Standard Station
- Gunpowder Drawing
- Artist Photobooks
Ed Ruscha has built a six-decade practice from words, architecture, photography, books and the visual culture of Los Angeles. Early artist books such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations used deadpan serial photography, while paintings turned single words, logos and cinematic landscapes into highly controlled images.
Painting; photography; artist books; drawing; printmaking
Gallery Representation
Objects
Ed Ruscha
Various Small Fires and Milk
1964
Encountered via MULTIPLE, Berlin.
Official source: MULTIPLE.
Ed Ruscha
Turbo Tears
2020
Encountered via Counter Editions.
$19,050
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Artist Films
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words
The Museum of Contemporary Art7 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1963Twentysix Gasoline Stations
- 1963Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas
- 1962–63OOF
- 1966Every Building on the Sunset Strip
- 1965–68Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Fire
- 1968Hollywood
- 1962Actual Size
- 1977The Back of Hollywood
- 1983A Particular Kind of Heaven
- 2017Our Flag
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