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Ed Ruscha — A Particular Kind of Heaven
Ed Ruscha

A Particular Kind of Heaven

2018

This offset lithograph explores existential and spiritual themes through textual presentation, maintaining the artist's long standing practice of incorporating language into visual form. The title suggests philosophical inquiry into human aspiration and desire, rendered through the artist's characteristically direct visual approach. The offset lithographic technique provides clean, legible presentation of the textual content while maintaining the integrity of the artistic statement. Created in 2018, this work continues the artist's decades long engagement with language as primary artistic material. The piece demonstrates how simple verbal statements can carry profound conceptual weight when presented within an art context.

Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions

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Vanguarts — Contemporary Dialogue

April 23, 2026

Estimate: $200$400

Lot 270

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Ed Ruscha, A Particular Kind of Heaven, 2018

This offset lithograph explores existential and spiritual themes through textual presentation, maintaining the artist's long standing practice of incorporating language into visual form. The title suggests philosophical inquiry into human aspiration and desire, rendered through the artist's characteristically direct visual approach. The offset lithographic technique provides clean, legible presentation of the textual content while maintaining the integrity of the artistic statement. Created in 2018, this work continues the artist's decades long engagement with language as primary artistic material. The piece demonstrates how simple verbal statements can carry profound conceptual weight when presented within an art context.

Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
61 x 90.9 cm
Year
2018
Seen at
Vanguarts, Online (via Artsy)

Related themes

Spiritual Meaning, Contemporary Lithograph, Philosophical Inquiry, Visual Language, Conceptual Art, Lithographic Print, Existential Themes, Conceptual Language, Text-Based Art, Textual Art

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Alex Capecelatro