EDWARD RUSCHA, City Space, 2006
23.75 x 19.75 inches
colour aquatint with sugar lift flat bite and hard ground etching
edition 30
published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco, USA
not available

Edward Ruscha seems to strip down traffic signs and in general gives order to the barrage of mass media-fed images that assault us on a daily basis. His early career as a graphic artist continues to strongly influence his aesthetic and thematic approaches, as may be shown here in City Space.

History of price:
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, USA € 5,000.- March 2010

EDWARD RUSCHA, Your Space #2, 2006
29.75 x 29 inches
edition 30
colour aquatint with sugar lift flat bite and hard ground etching
published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco, USA
not available

At the age of 18, Edward Ruscha intended to become a commercial painter but found himself drawn to fine art, over time being shaped by three influences: Marcel Duchamp, Pop art, and the movies. Meeting Duchamp when the Pasadena Art Museum hosted the French conceptual artist’s first U.S. show, Ruscha was especially affected by his use of readymade objects and imagery, rendered unfamiliar through unexpected titles or text. He says: ‘When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase; I just happened to paint words like someone else paints flowers. It wasn’t until later that I was interested in combinations of words and making thoughts, sentences, and things like that.’

History of price:
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, USA € 5,000.- February 2010