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Blank Signs

Blank Signs

born 1937

Edward Ruscha

American

Grey, cloth bound board portfolio, no image or text on portfolio cover; five separate sheets cream paper; frontispiece embossed in letterpress on recto and verso; four separate images, each centered on page. Portfolio with five sheets: Frontispiece - Letterpress (printed recto and verso) TL 39740 (Parent record) Four prints - each etching with aquatint Each page: 32.3 x 30.5 cm 12 7/16 x 12 inches Plate dimensions on prints: 19.9 x 19.8 cm 7 7/8 x 7 ¾ inches Edition of 35: 28/25 TL 39740.1 - 4 Design: Ed Ruscha and Jacob Samuel Technique: Etching with aquatint Printing: Jacob Samuel and Eric Ziemann Letterpress: Les Ferriss Project coordinator: Chelsea Hadley Paper: Magnani Pescia Edition: 35 Artist's Proofs: 5 Lapis Proofs: 2 Printer's Proofs: 2 BAT: 1 Co-published by Lapis/Edition Jacob Samuel

Prints