OK (State I)
1990
A striking lithograph from Ed Ruscha's acclaimed "OK" series, featuring large salmon-pink letters against a deep blue atmospheric background depicting Los Angeles's distinctive architectural vernacular. This is State I from the edition, part of Ruscha's exploration of language, popular culture, and the American West. The work exemplifies his signature style of transforming everyday words into powerful visual statements, rendered with his characteristic precision and wit.
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Edition
- 21 of 25
- Signed
- Yes
Est. Current Value
Collectors with works by Ed Ruscha
Artists in conversation
Lawrence Weiner
American · b. 1942
Weiner similarly elevated language and text into bold visual art statements, using typography as the primary subject matter to explore cultural meaning and communication, much like Ruscha does in this lithograph.
Barbara Kruger
American · b. 1945
Kruger shares Ruscha's approach of combining stark typographic elements with strong graphic backgrounds to create visually arresting works that comment on American popular culture and consumer society.
Christopher Wool
American · b. 1955
Wool's large scale text based works employ a similar visual language to this lithograph, transforming everyday words and phrases into powerful graphic compositions that blur the boundary between language and pure visual form.
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