Motor City
2009
Portfolio of seven color aquatints with hard ground etching depicting iconic American automotive brand emblems. Part of a limited edition set of 50, published by Crown Point Press. Hand-signed by the artist in the lower right corner and includes a gallery-issued certificate of authenticity.
- Medium
- Color aquatints with hard ground etching
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
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Andy Warhol
American · b. 1928
Warhol similarly elevated commercial brand logos and consumer icons into fine art prints, using silkscreen techniques to celebrate American automotive and corporate imagery with the same Pop Art sensibility seen in Ruscha's Motor City emblems.
Allan D'Arcangelo
American · b. 1930
D'Arcangelo focused specifically on American automotive and highway culture as fine art subject matter, translating road signs, car imagery and commercial Americana into bold graphic prints that share Motor City's fascination with vehicular iconography.
Robert Indiana
American · b. 1928
Indiana combined typography, commercial signage and iconic American visual language into limited edition prints and multiples, mirroring Ruscha's approach of treating recognizable graphic emblems as subjects worthy of serious printmaking craft.
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