© Rago Auctions — view on Rago Auctions website ↗WOW (Works on Whatever) Project beach towel, 2009
Print (other)
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Auction result
Start Over Please
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 2015
$4,220,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,286,348≈ €3,837,410
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 2015" on the reverse · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 64 x 72 in. (162.6 x 182.9 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th C. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010719)
- Date
- November 14, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 25
- Estimate
- $3,500,000 – $4,500,000 (≈ £2,725,644 – £3,504,400) (≈ €3,182,686 – €4,092,025)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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