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Oh : The last of the just
- Title
- Oh : The last of the just / Edward Ruscha.
- Author
- Ruscha, Edward
- Publication
- 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Artifact | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. Amer. 1992 10-146 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Schwarz-Bart, André, 1928-2006.
- Description
- 1 altered book (374 p.); 22 x 15 x 4 cm.
- Summary
- The artist has bleached the letters O and h (respectively 85 x 80 mm. and 50 x 33 mm.) on the front cover and highlighted the spine lettering with bleach; another bleach spot on upper left corner of back cover. Two labels mounted on front pastedown; inscription in black ink on front flyleaf, which reads: "'Oh,' Ed Ruscha, 1992, bleach on book cover."
- Part of the artist's series of "O books." Cf. Cityscapes, O books / Edward Ruscha (cat. of an exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, May 1997), p. 43; article by Ellen Berkovitch, ArtForum international, v. 40 (Nov.-Dec. 2001), p. 150.
- Original t.p. reads: The last of the just / André Schwarz-Bart ; translated from the French by Stephen Becker. New York : Atheneum, 1960.
- Signed by the artist and dated '93 on front pastedown.
- Alternative Title
- "Oh" : bleach on book cover, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 x 1-1/4", 1992, #44
- Last of the just
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – United States.
- Altered books.
- Paintings – United States – 20th century.
- Note
- On 1st label mounted on front pastedown: Edward Ruscha : "Oh" : bleach on book cover, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 x 1-1/4", 1992, #44.
- "This work was painted on a book entitled The last of the just, a 1960 edition"--Second label mounted on front pastedown.
- Indexed In (note)
- Ruscha, E.
- Binding (note)
- In original publisher's burnt-orange linen, altered by the artist with bleach.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1992 10-146
- OCLC
- 645266619
- Author
- Ruscha, Edward. Artist
- Title
- Oh : The last of the just / Edward Ruscha.
- Imprint
- 1992.
- Indexed In:
- Ruscha, E. p. 43
- Binding
- In original publisher's burnt-orange linen, altered by the artist with bleach.
- Added Author
- Schwarz-Bart, André, 1928-2006. Dernier des justes. English.Ruscha, Edward. O books.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1992 10-146