
Fruit Metrecal Hollywood
A bold conceptual work by Ed Ruscha, *Fruit Metrecal Hollywood* employs unconventional organic materials—grape jam, apricot jam, and Metrecal—as printing mediums, blurring the boundary between food and fine art. The piece reflects Ruscha's ongoing fascination with consumer culture and the mundane objects of American life, transforming diet-industry products into artistic tools. Printed on Copperplate Deluxe paper with full margins, the work carries Ruscha's signature deadpan wit while raising questions about permanence, decay, and the nature of artistic materials.
- Medium
- Screenprint in grape jam and apricot jam and Metrecal, on Copperplate Deluxe paper, with full margins.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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April 24, 2018
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