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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Man Walking Away From it All
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1980
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 (≈ $3,281 – $4,922) (≈ €2,382 – €3,573)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching in colours, on R.K. Burt paper, with full margins,”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 14/55
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 26 x 80.3 cm (10 1/4 x 31 5/8 in.) S. 49 x 99.5 cm (19 1/4 x 39 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030213)
- Date
- December 12, 2013
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 102
- Estimate
- £2,000 – £3,000 (≈ $3,281 – $4,922) (≈ €2,382 – €3,573)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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