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Safe and Effective Medication
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 2001
$63,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £48,110≈ €53,295
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Photolithograph in colors, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 11/13
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- I. 29 x 29 in. (73.7 x 73.7 cm) S. 35 3/8 x 35 1/4 in. (89.9 x 89.5 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030220)
- Date
- October 22, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 59
- Estimate
- $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £30,546 – £45,819) (≈ €33,838 – €50,757)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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