Ed Ruscha

The Los Angeles based print studio Cirrus Editions was founded in 1970 by printer Jean Milant following his fellowship at Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Ruscha was particularly taken with the idiosyncratic nature of Milant’s printing techniques and, as a result, he used many non-traditional elements in his printmaking practice during this period, including foodstuffs and various household fluids as substitute inks. Evil, printed on wood-grain veneer and additionally scented with the perfume Cabochard by Grès, is a product of this prolific era of experimentation for Ruscha.