Background information
"'Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings. Volume Five' is edited by Robert Dean and Lisa Turney.
Content
The period covered by Volume 5 comprises 195 paintings, reproduced in full color. It includes an essay by Hal Foster, 'Evening in America,' which analyzes Ed RUSCHA’s paintings of the 1990s. A highlight is the complete layout of the 1995 Denver Central Library project, which Ed RUSCHA described as 'a rolling historical landscape of Colorado and the West.' Other notable series of this period include the 'Cityscape' paintings, which resemble ransom notes, and a group of images of clock faces titled after the names of American cars and car manufacturers. 'Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings.
Volume Five' also includes numerous documentary photographs, a selection of Ed RUSCHA’s sketchbook pages, and complete bibliographic references and exhibition histories." (publisher's note, © Steidl Verlag, 2012)
About the American photo artist, Ed RUSCHA
Photo books by and on the work of Ed RUSCHA
- Book design
- KUMMER & HERRMAN
- Format
- Signed copy (open spined pb. with linen band, no dust jacket, as issued, 17 x 24 x 3 cm., 304 pp., richly mainly full-paged color ills., text language: English) PLUS 1 archival pigment print