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Ed Ruscha
Selected artist's books
- Estimate
- $6,000 - 8,000
$10,000
Lot Details
Nine artist's books. Various formats, printed wrappers.
1962-1972
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Titles include: Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1962; Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966; Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1967; Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass, 1968; Crackers, 1969; Babycakes with Weights, 1970; Real Estate Opportunities, 1970; A Few Palm Trees, 1971; Colored People, 1972
Crackers: Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 5,000, dimensions overall (closed): 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in.
Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles: self-published, printed by Blair Litho, Los Angeles, Edition of 2,413, dimensions overall (closed): 10 x 8 x 1 1/8 in. (25.2 x 20.2 x 3 cm)
Babycakes: Multiples, Inc. New York, Edition of 1200, dimensions (closed) 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19 x 15.2 cm)
Every Building on the Sunset Strip: self-published, printed by Dick de Ruscha, Los Angeles, Edition of 1,000, dimensions (case) 7 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in. (18.5 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm)
A Few Palm Trees: Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 3,900, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 0.5 cm)
Colored People: self-published, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 4,065, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 0.6 cm)
Nine Swimming Pools: self-published, printed by Blair Litho, Los Angeles, Edition of 2,400, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 0.5 cm)
Real Estate Opportunities: self-published, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 4,000, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (17.8 x 14 x 4 cm)
Twentysix Gasoline Stations: A National Excelsior Publication (self-published), printed 1963 by Cunningham Press, Alhambra, California, Edition number 18 from an edition of 400, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (17.8 x 14 x 4 cm)
Crackers: Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 5,000, dimensions overall (closed): 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in.
Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles: self-published, printed by Blair Litho, Los Angeles, Edition of 2,413, dimensions overall (closed): 10 x 8 x 1 1/8 in. (25.2 x 20.2 x 3 cm)
Babycakes: Multiples, Inc. New York, Edition of 1200, dimensions (closed) 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19 x 15.2 cm)
Every Building on the Sunset Strip: self-published, printed by Dick de Ruscha, Los Angeles, Edition of 1,000, dimensions (case) 7 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in. (18.5 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm)
A Few Palm Trees: Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 3,900, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 0.5 cm)
Colored People: self-published, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 4,065, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 0.6 cm)
Nine Swimming Pools: self-published, printed by Blair Litho, Los Angeles, Edition of 2,400, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14 x 0.5 cm)
Real Estate Opportunities: self-published, printed by G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA, Edition of 4,000, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (17.8 x 14 x 4 cm)
Twentysix Gasoline Stations: A National Excelsior Publication (self-published), printed 1963 by Cunningham Press, Alhambra, California, Edition number 18 from an edition of 400, dimensions overall (closed): 7 x 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (17.8 x 14 x 4 cm)
Literature
Ed Ruscha
American | 1937Quintessentially American, Ed Ruscha is an L.A.-based artist whose art, like California itself, is both geographically rooted and a metaphor for an American state of mind. Ruscha is a deft creator of photography, film, painting, drawing, prints and artist books, whose works are simultaneously unexpected and familiar, both ironic and sincere.
His most iconic works are at turns poetic and deadpan, epigrammatic text with nods to advertising copy, juxtaposed with imagery that is either cinematic and sublime or seemingly wry documentary. Whether the subject is his iconic Standard Gas Station or the Hollywood Sign, a parking lot or highway, his works are a distillation of American idealism, echoing the expansive Western landscape and optimism unique to postwar America.
Browse ArtistHis most iconic works are at turns poetic and deadpan, epigrammatic text with nods to advertising copy, juxtaposed with imagery that is either cinematic and sublime or seemingly wry documentary. Whether the subject is his iconic Standard Gas Station or the Hollywood Sign, a parking lot or highway, his works are a distillation of American idealism, echoing the expansive Western landscape and optimism unique to postwar America.