Ed Ruscha: Baby Jet Clone X consolidating approaches to compose canvases

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In his essay “Further Reflection

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this lithograph by Ed Ruscha features one of the majestic mountains that became a dominant motif in his work beginning in the late 1990s

Ed Ruscha: Baby Jet Clone X consolidating approaches to compose canvasesPublished by Crown Point Press, this two color hard ground etching by Ed Ruscha is one of a series produced in 2023 and depicts the two words that comprise its title. This short phrase is rendered in a style similar to that of the artists swiped word paintings, which likewise suggest that their verbal subjects are in rapid motion. As a group, the prints also begin to hint at a loose narrative involving movement or travel; in Baby Jet, the titular