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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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

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Gallery announcements (6), 1963-1969
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 7, 2012 · Lot 18
$12,500≈ £7,798≈ €9,647Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
OK (State II), 1990
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 7, 2012 · Lot 19
$15,000≈ £9,358≈ €11,576Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Pico and Sepulveda, 2001
Screenprint · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 7, 2012 · Lot 20
$8,125≈ £5,069≈ €6,270Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
V., 2003
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 7, 2012 · Lot 21
$6,250≈ £3,899≈ €4,823Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Question?, 1989
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 6, 2012 · Lot 325
$10,625≈ £6,574≈ €8,152Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
The Fan and Its Surroundings (Global Edition Series), 1982
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 6, 2012 · Lot 326
$3,750≈ £2,320≈ €2,877Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Petroplots Suite: Sunset/PCH, 2001
Mixografia on handmade paper · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 6, 2012 · Lot 328
$4,375≈ £2,707≈ €3,357Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
It Is A Go, 2009
Lithograph · Panel
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 6, 2012 · Lot 329
$4,063≈ £2,514≈ €3,117Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Billy, 1968
Drawing · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 6, 2012 · Lot 330
$625≈ £387≈ €480Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
It's in the stars, 1978
Screenprint · Other support
30,2 x 115,2 cm (11,8 x 45,3 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Apr 28, 2012 · Lot 1103
€3,125≈ $4,134≈ £2,548Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,800–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗

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Ed Ruscha signature

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

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

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About Ed Ruscha

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 also noted for creating several artist's books. Ruscha lives and works in Culver City, California.

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