Expressions of Language: A Group Exhibition featuring a new portfolio by Ed Ruscha

February 6 - March 26, 2026

Robert Barry, Iain Baxter, Marcel Dzama, Hamish Fulton, Jacqueline Humphries, Matt Mullican, Ed Ruscha, Pat Steir, Catherine Wagner, William T. Wiley, and Fred Wilson

Crown Point Press presents Expressions of Language, a group exhibition exploring how written text in its various forms, both abstract and literal, serves as a bridge between the verbal and visual. Text in art can shape stories, express ideas, or function as a graphic element, conveying a wide array of meanings in which both the serious and the absurd can exist. The exhibition features Ed Ruscha’s newly completed portfolio of four color etchings, All Fall Down #1-4, alongside earlier prints by Ruscha. Also on view in the gallery are etchings by Robert Barry, Iain Baxter, Marcel Dzama, Hamish Fulton, Jacqueline Humphries, Matt Mullican, Pat Steir, Catherine Wagner, William T. Wiley, and Fred Wilson.

Press Release

Ed Ruscha, All Fall Down #1-4, 2026
A portfolio of four soft ground etchings with aquatint printed in black and blue.
4½ x 11"; 8 x 14". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$20,000    InquireInquire
Robert Barry, Untitled, 1978
Hard ground etching printed in gray.
24¾ x 32"; 26 x 33". 10.
Crown Point Press and John Slivon.
$3000    Proof AvailableProof Available
Iain Baxter, Color/Language Participatory Etching, 1979
Color soft ground etching.
16 x 12"; 21 x 16". 10.
Crown Point Press and Nancy Anello.
$800    InquireInquire
Marcel Dzama, The Old Virtues Are Up for Grabs, 2015
Soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
8 x 6"; 13 x 10". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$900    InquireInquire
Marcel Dzama, New Things May Form from Our Fragments, 2015
Soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
8 x 6"; 13 x 10". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$900    InquireInquire
Marcel Dzama, The Beauty that is Born from the Seed of the Beast, 2015
Color soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint and aquatint.
31½ x 21½"; 39½ x 28½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$4,500    InquireInquire
Hamish Fulton, Porcupine, 1982
Color soft ground etching with aquatint and photoetching printed on three sheets of paper.
93¼ x 22¾"; 94 x 23½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Paul Singdahlsen.
$8,500    InquireInquire
Jacqueline Humphries, :) :) :) :), 2016
Color sugar lift flat bite, spit bite aquatint and aquatint with drypoint on gampi paper chine collé.
20 x 22"; 28 x 29". 20.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$5,750    InquireInquire
Jacqueline Humphries, :) :), 2016
Color soap ground and spit bite aquatints with aquatint.
20 x 20"; 20 x 20". 20.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Matt Mullican, REPRESENT THE WORK, I Love to Work for Truth and Beauty, 2020
Aquatint with sugar lift aquatint and soft ground and hard ground etching printed in yellow and black.
51½ x 35½" ; 56 x 40". 8.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$4500    InquireInquire
Matt Mullican, REPRESENT THE WORK, Alphabet, 2020
Aquatint with hard ground etching printed in yellow and black.
51½ x 35½" ; 56 x 40". 8.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$4,500    InquireInquire
Ed Ruscha, Zat So, 2023
Hard ground etching printed in black and yellow.
4½ x 5½"; 7¾ x 8½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$6,000    InquireInquire
Ed Ruscha, This One, 2023
Hard ground etching printed in black and red.
4½ x 5½"; 7¾ x 8½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Ed Ruscha, Baby Jet, 2023
Hard ground etching with aquatint printed in black and blue.
4½ x 5½"; 7¾ x 8½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Ed Ruscha, Ship Ahoy, 2023
Hard ground etching printed in black and blue.
4½ x 5½"; 7¾ x 8½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$6,000    InquireInquire
Ed Ruscha, Final Say, 2023
Hard ground etching printed in red and blue.
4½ x 5½"; 7¾ x 8½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$6,000    InquireInquire
Ed Ruscha, At A Clip, 2023
Hard ground etching printed in black and yellow.
4½ x 5½"; 7¾ x 8½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Pat Steir, Hand Painted Lily #3, 1992-2004
Hard ground etching with drypoint and hand painting by the artist.
12 x 29¾"; 20½ x 38". Series of 10.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$6,500    InquireInquire
Catherine Wagner, Spatial Verbs, 2021
Set of nine photogravures printed in blue on gampi paper chine collé.
29 x 27¼"; 29 x 27¼". 10.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$4,500    InquireInquire
William T. Wiley, Charmin Billy, 2006
Color photogravure with burnishing, soft ground etching and spit bite aquatint.
32½ x 26"; 41½ x 34". 10.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$6,500    InquireInquire
Fred Wilson, Exchange, 2004
Spit bite aquatint with color aquatint and direct gravure.
20 x 24"; 30½ x 34". 25.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Fred Wilson, Convocation, 2004
Spit bite aquatint with color aquatint and direct gravure.
20 x 24"; 30½ x 34". 25.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$5,500    InquireInquire