Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Hot Air Being Blown, 1982
Etching · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$5,120 ≈ £3,787 ≈ €4,408Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
America Needs Hart (E. M. 49)
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1983
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £624 – £1,247) (≈ €706 – €1,412)
Offered at Bonhams and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Offset lithographic posters in colors on wove paper, each with complimentary signature in brown felt tip marker”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- each sheet 36 x 24in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Sunset Estate Auction (19406)
- Date
- October 30, 2011
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 7153
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £624 – £1,247) (≈ €706 – €1,412)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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