Ed Ruscha For Sale 17 Acres For Sale

Ed Ruscha

For Sale 17 Acres, 2014

Mixograph on handmade paper

24 x 24 in 61 x 61 cm

For Sale 17 Acres, 2014

Mixograph on handmade paper

24 x 24 in 61 x 61 cm

Edition

Edition of 85

About this work

In For Sale 17 Acres, Ed Ruscha transforms a mundane real estate phrase into a poetic commentary on the American landscape and its commodification. With his characteristic deadpan style, Ruscha isolates the text, stripping it of context and placing it in a visual or conceptual void. The result is both familiar and unsettling: a fragment of the everyday that hints at shifting land use, suburban sprawl, and the transactional language of expansion. As with much of Ruscha’s work, the piece invites reflection on how words shape our experience of place - and how even the most ordinary signage can carry layered cultural meaning.

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