Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Alvarado to Doheny, 1998
Acrylic · Canvas
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Anchor Stuck in Sand
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1990
£374,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $588,452≈ €528,565
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 153 x 285.1 cm (60 1/4 x 112 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010415)
- Date
- June 29, 2015
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 36
- Estimate
- £300,000 – £500,000 (≈ $471,390 – $785,650) (≈ €423,417 – €705,695)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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