Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Hot Air Being Blown, 1982
Etching · Paper
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Big Dipper Over Desert (E. 131)
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1982
£12,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ $15,603≈ €14,395
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- Medium
- Aquatint · Prints & multiples all aquatint results →As published: “Aquatint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 30/48
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Aquatints
- Dimensions
- I. 60.6 x 90.8 cm (23 7/8 x 35 3/4 in.) S. 85.2 x 114 cm (33 1/2 x 44 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030123)
- Date
- January 18, 2023
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 195
- Estimate
- £5,000 – £7,000 (≈ $6,192 – $8,668) (≈ €5,712 – €7,997)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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