Ed Ruscha

American | 1937

Ed Ruscha is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1937. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Drawing Center have featured Ed Ruscha's work in the past.Ed Ruscha's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 68,260,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 68,260,000 USD for Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, sold at Christie's New York in 2024. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 5,679,924 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 162,966 USD.Ed Ruscha has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in March 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Edward Joseph Ruscha IV, Edward Ruscha

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Securing the Last Letter (Boss) - Ed Ruscha

Securing the Last Letter (Boss) ,1964

By Ed Ruscha

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Mint ,1968

By Ed Ruscha

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Dear Friend

By Ed Ruscha

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Current Exhibitions

Ed Ruscha: Figure It

Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm

Stockholm | Sweden

Apr 16,2025 - May 17,2025

Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection

High Museum of Art

Atlanta | Georgia | USA

Jan 17,2025 - May 25,2025

A Taste for Pop: Gifts from S. Bradley Gillaugh

The Dayton Art Institute

Dayton | Ohio | USA

Jan 25,2025 - May 25,2025

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Articles

HYPEBEAST 23/04/2025

Featuring the likes of Rashid Johnson, Sterling Ruby, Philip Guston, KAWS, Amy Sherald and more.

Observer 16/04/2025

With sales of post-2000 artworks down 27 percent year-over-year, the HAT 100 points to a shift in power from speculative darlings to postwar and blue-chip names.

FAD Magazine 05/04/2025

Frieze will present a performance-centered program for Frieze New York 2025.

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鈥� ..While he is best known for his juxtapositions of words and images, Ruscha鈥檚 career remains incredibly diverse... 鈥�
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Patrick Painter, Inc.

鈥� ..By the 1960s, Ruscha was well-known for his prints, collage and paintings... 鈥�
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Casterline Goodman Gallery

鈥� ..By the 1960s, he was well known for his prints, collages, and paintings... 鈥�
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Casterline Goodman Gallery

鈥� ..Ed Ruscha, whose career spans five decades, is known for his use of language to document and comment on the shifting character of American culture... 鈥�
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami