Actual Size (Spam), 2024
Ed Ruscha   Master Artists

Print : Screen Print, giclée · 66 x 62 cm 26 x 24.4 inch

€1,070 1 070 €

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Print : numbered and limited to 299 copies

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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed

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Screen Print, giclée on Fine art paper

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66 x 62 cm 26 x 24.4 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Medium: UV pigment print with yellow silkscreen details and a matte varnish seal, printed on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper.

Provenance: Individually numbered and authenticated with a bespoke artist stamp (lower right corner). Comes with original publisher issued certificate of authenticity.

Edition: Limited Edition of 1863

ABOUT THE ART 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 lifted from the world of advertising, circling the true-to-life dimensions of its flying subject. These layers speak to Ruscha's flair for dual meanings and deadpan humour.

Actual Size plays an important part in the history of both Pop Art and Conceptual Art, propelling it to become one of Ruscha's most iconic paintings. To coincide with a retrospective at LACMA, it has been transformed into a limited edition print.

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Ed Ruscha, Actual Size (Spam)

Ed Ruscha

United States  • 1937

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Born in 1937, Edward Joseph Ruscha IV is an American artist associated with the pop art movement. His mediums of choice include painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. The versatile artist currently lives and works in Culver City, California.

A graduate of the Chouinard Art Institute in 1960, Ruscha quickly developed a unique visual language combining words, phrases, and images of everyday life. His paintings, screenprints, and artist's books play on contrasts between text and image, popular culture and artistic critique.

His work has been exhibited in top institutions worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, and Museo Reina Sofía. In 2005, he represented the United States at the Venice Biennale with his series Course of Empire. Ruscha has received numerous prestigious awards, including the J. Paul Getty Medal. 

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