Ed Ruscha’s sly, sun-baked typography becomes the spark for an edible homage: a custom-molded dark chocolate bar shaped with his unmistakable edge. andSons Chocolatiers translates the artist’s West Coast cadence into a sculptural confection, presented in a cloth-wrapped keepsake box that feels part fine art, part California memento. The limited edition nods to the Golden State with a wink — echoing Ruscha’s language of bold letters, crisp surfaces, and a dry, knowing humor.
The recipe for the chocolate bar highlights California’s agricultural bounty, thoughtfully incorporating 3 ingredients:
• Blood Orange Olive Oil (McEvoy Ranch, Sonoma County)
• Mineral-Rich Sea Salt (Hog Island Oyster Co., Tomales Bay)
• 73% Peruvian Dark Chocolate (K+M by Thomas Keller, Napa Valley)
The chocolate’s unique flavors are matched by its striking visual appeal; the chocolate is cast in a handcrafted mold depicting a topographic section of California’s Central Valley, from the Pacific Ocean to Santa Lucia Mountains.
To complete the experience, each chocolate bar is packaged in a handmade, cloth-wrapped box that features a fine-art reproduction of Ruscha’s, Made in California (1971), courtesy of the artist and Gagosian. One of these works will appear in the Hammer’s upcoming exhibition The Grunwald Center at 70: Five Centuries of Works on Paper.
$295 Edition of 300 and-sons.com/pages/california
Available for pickup in Beverly Hills or nationwide shipping
