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What is Ed Ruscha famous for?
Ed Ruscha is famous for his text paintings made during the 1960s. The American conceptual and Pop art artist was born on December 16, 1937, in Omaha, Nebraska. On 1stDibs, you can shop a collection of Ed Ruscha textual art.
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Ed Ruscha 'The Fan and its Surroundings' Signed Lithograph 1982
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present) Ed Ruscha's piece 'The Fan and its Surroundings' is a lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper with full margins. On the bottom right, this print is signed, ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

South
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated in pencil lower right, Ed Ruscha 91. Numbered in pencil lower left, #31/50; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number in pencil reverse lower left
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Actual Size By Ed Ruscha
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Actual Size By Ed Ruscha Ed Ruscha is an American artist recognized for his unique blend of Pop Art, Conceptual Art, and the exploration of language in visual art. Renowned for hi...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Silk, Screen

VOTE! Famous anti-Trump political print, (Hand Signed in marker by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha EE-NUF! (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2020 Color lithographic poster on wove paper (hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Boldly signed by Ed Ruscha in black marker on the front 32 1/4 × 23 inches Unframed This iconic image was plastered on billboards declaring "Enough of Trump" throughout the United States. (see attached photos) - and it was even prominently featured in a segment on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show about artists against Trump. (see also attached screengrab). Here, Ed Ruscha has had EE-NUF of Trumpism and he decries White Supremacy, anti-Democracy, Fascism, pollution and the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. There's no subtlety in this imagery of a tattered and burned American flag...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Some Los Angeles Apartments - Artist Book published in a limited edition of 3000
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1970 Softback monograph with stiff wraps Second Edition Limited Edition of 3000 (the first edition in 1968 was 700) 7 × 5 1/2 inches Accompanie...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1st Edition Artist Book, Signed & inscribed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
“I don’t have any Seine River like Monet, I’ve just got US 66 between Oklahoma and Los Angeles.” — Ed Ruscha True First Edition of Ruscha's most iconic book - hand signed with except...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Foil

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