Edward Ruscha's first artist's book - and by far his best known title. Features black-and-white photographs of gasoline stations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas captioned in all caps text with the name of the gas station pictured and it's location. [details]
Artist's book in the format of a boxed portfolio of 75 stains in various media on loose, numbered sheets with screen printed title page, an index page, and signed and numbered colophon sheet. Each white page has been stained with a different material as indexed below. ... [details]
True FIRST EDITION of Edward Ruscha's first artists' book and said to be the Rosetta Stone of all contemporary artists' publications. Features black-and-white photographs of gasoline stations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas captioned in all caps text with the name of the gas station pictured and it's location. [details]
Ruscha's first artists' book - and by far his best know title. [details]
Reference: "The Works of Edward Ruscha," Hudson Hills Press, New York, in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982, pp. 169. No. B8 in Siri Engberg and Clive Phillpot, "Edward Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY, 1999, pp. ... [details]
An artists' book produced in conjunction with exhibition at James Kelly Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001. Documents 27 unique vintage books altered by Ruscha with bleach or paint, adding a large " S " to the covers. ... [details]
Second printing of the so-called "first edition" of Edward Ruscha's classic book documenting, literally, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles. Shows every address on the north and south side of the street moving from east to the west towards the Pacific Ocean. ... [details]
Artist's book by Edward Ruscha, Mason Williams, and Patrick Blackwell. Featuring black-and-white photographs of the aftermath of a Royal Typewriter being thrown from the window of a 1963 Buick Le Sabre moving at 90 mph. ... [details]
Artist project and book by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston documenting a performance where they exchanged business cards each had designed for the other at a Bistro in Beverly Hills. The book follows the idea from it's conception through to the presentation of the cards at the restaurant and ending with the artist's and their dates leaving the bistro. ... [details]
Artist's book by Edward Ruscha, Mason Williams, and Patrick Blackwell. Featuring black-and-white photographs of the aftermath of a Royal Typewriter being thrown from the window of a 1963 Buick Le Sabre moving at 90 mph. [details]
