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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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Just an Average Guy (S. 1979.46, E. 104)
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1979
$8,255 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,757≈ €7,764
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 38/45
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 8 7/8 x 35 3/4 in. (22.5 x 90.8 cm) S. 15 5/8 x 43 3/8 in. (39.7 x 110.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030423)
- Date
- October 24, 2023
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 360
- Estimate
- $6,000 – $9,000 (≈ £4,911 – £7,367) (≈ €5,643 – €8,465)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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