Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Hot Air Being Blown, 1982
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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Pool, Pool, Pool, Pool
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1982
$387,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £295,736≈ €335,938
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “pastel on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 1982" lower right · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Pastels
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY011025)
- Date
- November 21, 2025
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 142
- Estimate
- $200,000 – $300,000 (≈ £152,835 – £229,253) (≈ €173,611 – €260,417)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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