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BILLINGSXLA celebrates the city’s singular influence on postwar and contemporary art and design. The sale brings together works by Ed Ruscha, Corita Kent, Jonas Wood, Vasa Mihich, Kenzi Shiokava, Doyle Lane, Allen Ruppersberg, and Raymond Pettibon alongside furniture and objects by Charles Hollis Jones, Shin Okuda, Lawson-Fenning, Kelly Wearstler, Cleo Baldon, and a new generation of L.A. makers. From studio ceramics and California modernism to experimental furniture, graphics, and artist editions, the auction captures the layered creative energy of Los Angeles.
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Lot 415

Ed Ruscha, Artist Inserts (2)

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$10

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ED RUSCHA
Artist art magazine inserts, 1988
'When Buying Taxi Cab Company Always Leave Seller With One Cab To Drive' and 'Hell 1/2 Way Heaven'.
Offset lithographic poster inserts.
'Hell 1/2 Way Heaven' for Parkett No. 18. Signed, dated, and numbered in the plate. This work is a facsimile print from the edition of an unknown size apart from the signed and numbered deluxe edition of 100 published by Parkett-Verlag AG, Zürich.

 

Taxi Cab: 9.75" H x 38.75" W
Heaven: 7.75" H × 28.75" W
 

Condition

Excellent condition. Unframed. 

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