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American · b. 1937 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 943 of 1,103 lots (85% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Ed Ruscha: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1950s10—Lithograph
1960s157150$5.7kSign upOther
1970s275255$6.4kSign upLithograph
1980s153147$7.5kSign upLithograph
1990s133116$7.9kSign upLithograph
2000s119105$6.9kSign upLithograph
2010s6256$27.1kSign upLithograph
2020s3428$3.9kSign upLithograph

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1950s 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
14.5 × 10.5 in (37 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

1960s 157 works

Sold
150 of 157
Median
$5.7kSign up
Average
$34.7kSign up
Typical size
8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (40), Lithograph (38), Print (other) (35)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (12), Landscapes (4), Palms (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 133 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 275 works

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255 of 275
Median
$6.4kSign up
Average
$43.2kSign up
Typical size
16 × 26 in (40 × 66 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (103), Screenprint (94), Other (26)
Subjects
Palms (5), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 251 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 153 works

Sold
147 of 153
Median
$7.5kSign up
Average
$65.7kSign up
Typical size
26.5 × 28.5 in (68 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (86), Etching (28), Aquatint (13)
Subjects
Sea & coast (6), Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 129 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 133 works

Sold
116 of 133
Median
$7.9kSign up
Average
$114kSign up
Typical size
21 × 22.5 in (53 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (67), Acrylic (21), Etching (15)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (5), Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 109 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 119 works

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105 of 119
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$89.7kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 19.5 in (36 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (52), Acrylic (17), Etching (14)
Subjects
Beach scenes (8), Markets & villages (5), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 95 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 62 works

Sold
56 of 62
Median
$27.1kSign up
Average
$219kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 22 in (57 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (23), Acrylic (12), Print (other) (11)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 34 works

Sold
28 of 34
Median
$3.9kSign up
Average
$9kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 30 in (60 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (19), Other (9), Multiple (2)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

160 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$28.2kSign up
Average
$75.4kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 23 in (29 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Acrylic (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works

Sold
32 of 34
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Other (12), Print (other) (10), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (6), Markets & villages (3), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 120 works

Sold
99 of 120
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9 in (26 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (60), Lithograph (28), Other (23)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (12), Palms (11), Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 108 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Ed Ruscha auction results →