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O : Reference catalogue of current literature

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment 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. 1997 10-162	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

Description

1 altered book (4679 pages in various pagings); 22 x 15 x 23 cm.

Summary

The artist has drawn the letter O, rounded (diam. 16 cm., ca. 4 cm. thick) in black and colored pastels on the fore-edge.
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); article by Ellen Berkovitch, ArtForum international, v. 40 (Nov.-Dec. 2001), p. 150.
Original title on spine: Reference catalogue of current literature, vol. III, L-Z, 1920. A compilation of British publishers' catalogs arranged alphabetically, each with original paging. Vol. 3 issued without a t.p.; imprint on t.p. in v. 1 reads: London : J. Whitaker & Sons; New York : Office of the Publishers' Weekly.
Signed in black ink by the artist and dated 1997 on first leaf.

Uniform Title

Reference catalogue of current literature. 1920. v. 3, L-Z.

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Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1997 10-162

OCLC

645273222

Author

Ruscha, Edward. Artist

Title

O : Reference catalogue of current literature / Edward Ruscha.

Imprint

1997.

Binding

In original publisher's quarter imitation black leather and dark green cloth.

Added Author

Ruscha, Edward. O books.

Added Title

Reference catalogue of current literature. 1920. v. 3, L-Z.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1997 10-162