Ed Ruscha

American · b. 1937 · Painter, Printmaker

Edward Joseph Ruscha IV is an American artist associated with the pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. He is… (Wikipedia)

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1,103lots offered2004–2026years recorded93%sold (1,016)$5.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Alvarado to DohenyPhillips · May 2025$4,900,000≈ £3,706,786≈ €4,409,647Sign up to see
God Knows WherePhillips · Feb 2020£3,375,000≈ $4,398,975≈ €4,048,012Sign up to see
Start Over PleasePhillips · Nov 2019$4,220,000≈ £3,286,348≈ €3,837,410Sign up to see

Ed Ruscha’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price

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median $5.9kfree account

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Lots sold

1,016

of 1,095 offered · 2004–2026

Sell-through

93%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

8 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	54	44	81%	$862kSign up	$428kSign up	$4.9MSign up
Oil	15	12	80%	$690kSign up	$46.3kSign up	$4.2MSign up
Acrylic	39	32	82%	$926kSign up	$476kSign up	$4.9MSign up
Works on paper	82	74	90%	$190kSign up	$143kSign up	$1MSign up
Pastel	19	17	89%	$370kSign up	$362kSign up	$1MSign up
Drawing	12	9	75%	$26.6kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$143kSign up
Prints & multiples	798	757	95%	$12.8kSign up	$5.3kSign up	$263kSign up
Etching	65	60	92%	$7.1kSign up	$5.1kSign up	$28.8kSign up
Aquatint	16	16	100%	$10.9kSign up	$7.3kSign up	$32.5kSign up
Lithograph	420	399	95%	$12.4kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$106kSign up
Screenprint	140	132	94%	$26.5kSign up	$10.6kSign up	$263kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	7	5	71%	$13.4kSign up	$10.1kSign up	$27.5kSign up
Print (other)	148	143	97%	$3.8kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$72.4kSign up
Multiple	2	2	100%	$2.2kSign up	$2.2kSign up	$4kSign up
Photography	40	31	78%	$30.1kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$162kSign up
Photograph	40	31	78%	$30.1kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$162kSign up
Sculpture	3	1	33%	$121kSign up	$121kSign up	$121kSign up
Other	118	109	92%	$8.6kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$161kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	96	85	$3.8kSign up
2025	134	122	$5.8kSign up
2024	140	133	$3.3kSign up
2023	90	83	$7.3kSign up
2022	81	75	$5.3kSign up
2021	51	49	$6.3kSign up
2020	40	36	$9.7kSign up
2019	51	48	$16.3kSign up
2018	53	53	$8.8kSign up
2017	47	43	$14.4kSign up
2016	37	33	$5kSign up
2015	67	61	$14.5kSign up
2014	50	45	$6.9kSign up
2013	53	46	$5.4kSign up
2012	16	16	$7.2kSign up
2011	23	22	$7.4kSign up
2010	12	12	$4.7kSign up
2009	8	8	$3.3kSign up
2008	16	16	$2.4kSign up
2007	22	22	$1.8kSign up
2006	4	4	$94.7kSign up
2005	3	3	$21.1kSign up
2004	1	1	$7.1kSign up