1969
Medium: Lithograph
Sheet size: 19 x 28 inches
Frame size: 27 3/8 x 36 3/8 inches
Printer and Publisher: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles
Edition size: 20, plus proofs
Catalogue Raisonné: Engberg 29
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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This lithograph from 1969, “Anchovy,” embodies Ruscha’s playful approach to printmaking. The word “anchovy” is placed against a monochromatic background with letters seemingly composed from spilled liquid, hinting to an allusion of a fish swimming in water. The word functions as a found object, made more tangible by the letters’ trompe l’oeil rendering.
