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Etching · Paper
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Words #2
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) · 1985
$225,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £175,329≈ €204,434
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- Medium
- Other · Works on paper all other results →As published: “dry pigment on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "Ed Ruscha 1985" lower right; titled "WORDS #2" on the reverse · Ed Ruscha signature
- Category
- Works on paper (other)
- Dimensions
- 23 x 29 1/8 in. (58.5 x 73.9 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010819)
- Date
- November 13, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 103
- Estimate
- $180,000 – $250,000 (≈ £140,263 – £194,810) (≈ €163,547 – €227,149)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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