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Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects
- Title
- Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects / Robert Dean ; with contributions by Michael Friend, David Platzker, Allen Ruppersberg.
- Author
- Ruscha, Edward
- Publication
- New York, NY : Gagosian, [2023]
- New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press
- ©2023
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | N6537.R87 A4 2023g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 317 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
- Summary
- "Introducing readers to the stunning breadth of Edward Ruscha's (b. 1937) creative output over the course of his entire life, this book includes materials dating back to his childhood and extending to his present-day output. The projects featured here fall outside Ruscha's production of paintings, drawings, prints, and artists' books. Many of these are unknown and most are reproduced here for the first time. Composed of three sections-Projects and Ephemera; Contour Gauge Profiles; and Painted Book Covers-the book offers Ruscha enthusiasts and scholars a hitherto unknown aspect of Ruscha's practice, while also showing how these projects coincide with, and sometimes even prefigure, the artistic work for which he is best known. The approximately 270 painted book covers, begun in 1990, utilize found books as support for small paintings and drawings. The 57 contour gauge profiles are silhouette-like profiles made using a mechanical device for reproducing contours. The largest section, Projects and Ephemera, consists of installations, sculpture and objects, films, book and poster design, utilitarian works, and more"--
- Alternative Title
- Archive of projects.
- Other stuff : Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Catalogs.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- N6537.R87
- ISBN
- 9780300265873
- 0300265875
- LCCN
- 2022943020
- OCLC
- 1348392888
- on1348392888
- SCSB-14531413
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries