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Print (other)
Rago Auctions · Aug 28, 2026$256 ≈ £188 ≈ €220Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
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Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1979
$450,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £336,298≈ €402,001
Hammer $400,000 · with buyer’s premium $450,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 21 7/8 x 80 in.
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Post-War & Contemporary Art X Made in California (29508)
- Date
- September 25, 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- $400,000 – $600,000 (≈ £298,931 – £448,397) (≈ €357,334 – €536,001)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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