Hurting the Word Radio #2
- Maker
- Ed Ruscha
- Year
- 1964
- Rank
- 11 of 100
Hurting the Word Radio #2
Hurting the Word Radio #2 by Ed Ruscha (1964) is ranked 11 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $52,485,000 on 13 November 2019. Ruscha's word paintings are his market core; this sale anchors his actively traded print editions.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Ruscha's word paintings are his market core; this sale anchors his actively traded print editions.
Oil on canvas (signature word painting)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $52,485,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 13 November 2019
Christie's New York, $52.485M (then artist record), native USD. Market liquidity for Ruscha is in his prints; this trophy anchors the name.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08