Ed Ruscha: Actual Size Unframed Artist Proof Print
$2,600.00 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Fine art print
SPAM takes flight in a print by Ed Ruscha. Limited Edition Artist Proof of 1863. Ed Ruscha painted Actual Size in 1962 at a similar time to sonic, one word paintings like Oof, Smash and Honk. In its use of a household brand, Actual Size also draws connections with everyday consumerism and with Ruscha's larger scale appropriations, like the Hollywood sign. The painting brings to life “SPAM in a can” – a phrase coined by journalists to describe astronauts sent to space in self-piloting rockets. Its title is…