Framed Edward Ruscha Offset Litho, "America: Her Best Product (Made in U.S.A.)"

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Up for sale is this print by Edward Ruscha from the Kent "Spirit of Independence" Bicentennial portfolio, published in 1975 … Read more Up for sale is this print by Edward Ruscha from the Kent "Spirit of Independence" Bicentennial portfolio, published in 1975 by Lorillard. With an image size of 14" x 6 7/8", this offset lithograph is matted in a 16" x 20" mat for ease of framing in a standard frame. New Old Stock from the original Kent portfolio, it is in excellent condition, as pictured.
About the artist:
Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (b. 1937, Omaha, NE) is an American artist associated with the anti-pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. He is also noted for creating several artist's books. Ruscha lives and works in Culver City, California
Ed Ruscha has consistently held up a mirror to American society by transforming some of its defining attributes—from consumer culture and popular entertainment to the ever-changing urban landscape—into the very subject of his art. In 1956, Ruscha left Oklahoma City to study commercial art in Los Angeles, where he drew inspiration from the city’s architectural landscape—parking lots, urban streets, and apartment buildings—and colloquial language.Once, when asked about the abundance of text in his work, Ed Ruscha explained, “I just happened to paint words like someone else paints flowers.” See less