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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Auction result
Sex
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1991
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £6,000 – £8,000 (≈ $7,814 – $10,418) (≈ €6,890 – €9,186)
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
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph in colours, on BFK Rives paper, the full sheet”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 29/30
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- S. 71.1 x 90 cm (27 7/8 x 35 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030119)
- Date
- January 24, 2019
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 73
- Estimate
- £6,000 – £8,000 (≈ $7,814 – $10,418) (≈ €6,890 – €9,186)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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