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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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Black and White Palette
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1988
$52,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £31,233≈ €38,332
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Works on paper all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010414)
- Date
- May 16, 2014
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 237
- Estimate
- $45,000 – $65,000 (≈ £26,771 – £38,670) (≈ €32,856 – €47,459)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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