Ed Ruscha signature

American · b. 1937

478 catalogued lots by Ed Ruscha record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (52% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right43
on the reverse33
lower left5
in the margin2

Form

signed307
signed and dated113
signed in pencil39
initialled19

Signature as written

Forms quoted in the catalogue entries (how often each appears).

Ed Ruscha 1985×5
Ed Ruscha 2015×4
Ed Ruscha 1992×3
Edward Ruscha 1973×3
Ed Ruscha 2007×3
Ed Ruscha 2001×3
Ed Ruscha 1996×3
Ed Ruscha 1990×2
Ed Ruscha×2
Ed Ruscha 1982×2
Ed Ruscha 2014×2
Ed Ruscha 2017×2

Catalogue signature lines

Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 1990” lower right — Is it Overcast, Radiation Fog, or Scud?, Phillips, May 21, 2026
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha ‘88” lower right; signed, titled and dated "ED RUSCHA "S FOR SPANISH" 1988" on the reverse — S for Spanish, Phillips, Nov 21, 2025
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 1982" lower right — Pool, Pool, Pool, Pool, Phillips, Nov 21, 2025
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 1990” lower right — Is it Overcast, Radiation Fog, or Scud?, Phillips, May 14, 2025
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2014" lower right — Dense Deposit, Phillips, May 14, 2025
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2009" lower right; titled "THE END #81" on the reverse — The End #81, Phillips, May 13, 2025
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 1985” on the reverse — Dixie Red Seville, Phillips, May 13, 2025
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 1998” on the reverse — Alvarado to Doheny, Phillips, May 13, 2025
Signed and dated 'Edward Ruscha 1973' lower left; titled 'Folded Paper' on the reverse — Folded Paper, Phillips, Mar 6, 2025
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2017" lower right — Particle Unit, Phillips, Feb 28, 2025
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 86” on the reverse; signed, titled and dated “EDWARD RUSCHA “HOWL” 1986” on the stretcher — Howl, Phillips, Nov 20, 2024
Signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 2020' lower right — Dot (#4), Phillips, Jun 27, 2024
Signed and dated "Edward Ruscha 1977" on the reverse — We're This and We're That Aren't We?, Phillips, May 15, 2024
Signed and dated "Edward Ruscha 1977" on the reverse — TREMBLING STALKS OF AQUATIC VEGETATION, Phillips, May 15, 2024
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2015" lower right — Suddenly Spastic, Phillips, May 15, 2024
Each signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2004" on the reverse — Four works from the Rooftops series: (i) Roof Top View #2; (ii) Roof Top View #3; (iii) Roof Top View #4; (iv) Roof Top View #5, Phillips, Mar 12, 2024
Signed with the artist's initials and numbered "AP2 ER" on the reverse — 7101 Sepulveda Blvd, Van Nuys #20 from the series Parking Lots, Phillips, Dec 7, 2023
Signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha '89' lower right — So...[#1], Phillips, Dec 6, 2023
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2016" lower right — 3/4, Phillips, Nov 15, 2023
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2017" lower right — IS, Phillips, Nov 15, 2023
Signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 2015' lower right — Metro Mattresses #2, Phillips, Oct 12, 2023
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2013" lower right — Atomic Facts, Phillips, Sep 27, 2023
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 1985” on the reverse — Dixie Red Seville, Phillips, May 17, 2023
Signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 2007' lower right — True, Phillips, Jun 29, 2022
Signed, titled and dated '"SPIED UPON SCENE: WINDOW" Ed Ruscha 2017' on the reverse — Spied Upon Scene: Window, Phillips, Jun 22, 2022
Signed and dated 'Edward Ruscha 1974' on the reverse — Energy Robbing Gears, Phillips, Jun 21, 2022
Signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 2006” lower right — So, Phillips, May 19, 2022
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha '81" lower right — Statistical Significance, Phillips, May 19, 2022
Signed, titled and dated '''HUGE CONDITIONS'' Ed Ruscha 2007' on the reverse; signed, titled and dated 'ED RUSCHA ''HUGE CONDITIONS'' 2007' on the stretcher — Huge Conditions, Phillips, Mar 3, 2022
Signed with the artist's initials and dated 'E.R. 1972' lower left — Spots, Phillips, Oct 15, 2021
Signed, titled and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1996' on the reverse; titled 'Doric' on the overlap; signed, titled and dated 'EDWARD RUSCHA - 1996 ''DORIC''' on the stretc — Doric, Phillips, Oct 15, 2021
Signed 'Ed Ruscha' lower right — The Letter X, Phillips, Jul 13, 2021
Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 1977" lower right — Holloween, Phillips, Jun 24, 2021
Signed, titled and dated '“1981 - FUTURE" Ed Ruscha 1980' on the reverse — 1981 - Future, Phillips, Jun 8, 2021
Signed and dated 'E. Ruscha 1971' lower left — Oxides, Phillips, Apr 15, 2021
Signed and dated 'AUG. 6 1996 Ed Ruscha 1996' on the reverse — Vowel #58 U, Phillips, Dec 15, 2020
Each inscribed and consecutively numbered "Cancellation Proof [1, 6, 7]" lower left; each signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2013" lower right — Three works: (i-iii) Periods, Phillips, Dec 8, 2020
Signed, titled and dated '“1981 - FUTURE" Ed Ruscha 1980' on the reverse — 1981 - Future, Phillips, Oct 20, 2020
Each signed, numbered and dated '6/35 Ed Ruscha 1970-2003' on the reverse — Vacant Lots, Phillips, Jul 15, 2020
Signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 2014' on the reverse — God Knows Where, Phillips, Feb 13, 2020

From the signature and inscription lines published by the auction houses in their lot descriptions. ArtSell does not authenticate signatures; a signature matching these descriptions is not evidence that a work is genuine. No house signature photographs are recorded for this artist yet. Back to Ed Ruscha auction results.