Lot 24
News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues (E. 34-39)
Sold
£15,875
Est £8,000 - £12,000
Live Auction
EVENING & DAY EDITIONS
ARTIST
Ed Ruscha
Size
all S. 58.4 x 80.9 cm (22 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.) portfolio 62.7 x 84 x 3.4 cm (24 5/8 x 33 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Description

Including organic printing materials: News: split fountain for background, printed with blackcurrant pie filling, over red salmon roe. Mews: background printed with bolognese sauce, split fountain for letting, printed with blackcurrant-pie filling over cherry-pie filling, over unmixed raw egg. Pews: background printed with Hershey's chocolate-flavour syrup and Camp coffee and chicory essence (6:4), with squid ink for lettering. Brews: split fountain lettering printed with axle grease, over caviar. Stews: split fountain lettering printed with crushed baked beans, caviar, fresh strawberries, cherry pie filling, mango chutney, tomato paste, crushed daffodils, crushed tulips, and leaves. Dues: background and lettering printed with Branston Pickle.

Medium
The complete set of six organic screenprints in colours, on Silverbrook Antique Finish paper, with full margins, the sheets loose (as issued), with title page and colophon, all contained in the original red velvet-covered portfolio box.
Signature
All signed, dated and numbered 45/125 in pencil, further signed and numbered 45 in pencil on the colophon (there were also 25 artist's proof sets), published by Editions Alecto, London (with their inkstamp on the reverse), all unframed.
Literature
Siri Engberg 34-39 Editions Alecto 982- 987