Ruscha, Ed Two Jumping Fish. 1980. Farbradierung... Lot n° 370

American Modernism Ruscha, Ed Two Jumping Fish. 1980. Color etching on R.K. Burt wove paper (with the dry stamp). 26 x 80 cm (59 x 99.5 cm). Signed, dated and numbered. - A short and barely noticeable tear (approx. 0.5 cm) in the lower right margin. Occasional small and barely noticeable brown stains, a few also verso. There additionally a brown-watery stain, this not translucent recto. There with slight surface soiling. Extremely good overall. Splendid, fine-lined and atmospheric impression with delicately printed platemark, the full margin and scoop margin on 3 sides. Siri/ Engberg 114 - One of 55 copies. - Ed. Bernard Jacobson Gallery Ltd, London. - From the "Suite of Six Etchings" from 1980 - Ed Ruscha is associated with Californian Pop Art of the 1960s and with certain tendencies in Conceptual Art. In his artistic synthesis, Ruscha explores the relationship between image and word and develops comical, sometimes ironic combinations in his works. As a pictorial medium, Ruscha works with the method of repeating image codes, which are varied in subtle ways. In the "Suite of Six Etchings", Ruscha has created a series of panoramic landscapes etched in a linear, dynamic manner with parallel horizon lines. In these landscapes, tiny figures - fish in our sheet - populate low horizon lines, each performing an action mentioned in the titles of the prints. Only together do image and text form the complete level of the entire work and contain the complex levels of repetition, variation, comedy and tragedy. Color etching on R.K. Burt wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered. - A short and barely noticeable tear (approx. 0.5 cm) in the lower right margin. Occasional small and barely noticeable brown stains, a few also on the verso. There additionally a brown-watery stain, this not translucent recto. There with slight surface soiling. Extremely good overall. Splendid, fine-lined and atmospheric impression with delicately co-printed platemark, the full margin and scooped margin on 3 sides. - One of 55 copies. - Pub. Bernard Jacobson Gallery Ltd, London. - From the "suite of six etchings". - Ed Ruscha is associated with Californian Pop Art of the 1960s and with certain trends in conceptual art. In his artistic synthesis, Ruscha explores the relationship between image and word and develops comical, sometimes ironic combinations in his works. As a pictorial medium, Ruscha works with the method of repeating image codes, which are varied in subtle ways. In the "Suite of Six Etchings", Ruscha has created a series of panoramic landscapes etched in a linear, dynamic manner with parallel horizon lines. In these landscapes, tiny figures - fish in our sheet - populate low horizon lines, each performing an action mentioned in the titles of the prints. Only together do image and text form the complete level of the entire work and contain the complex levels of repetition, variation, comedy and tragedy.