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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Auction result
Hell 1/2 Way Heaven
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1988
$8,890 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,616≈ €7,549
Hammer $7,000 · with buyer’s premium $8,890
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “lithograph in colors on BFK Rives”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- 7¾ h x 29½ w in (20 x 75 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (auctions/2025/12/editions-works-on-paper)
- Date
- December 16, 2025
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 254
- Estimate
- $2,000 – — (≈ £1,488) (≈ €1,698)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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