Ed Ruscha
"Twentysix Gasoline Stations"
1962
Ok,
you probably
know by now I have had a major
"Man-Crush"
on
Ed Ruscha
for years.
Remember this
Anyway,
I started thinking of his artists books tonight,
and wondered if there was definitive list of
all the books he had designed.
So the Googling and "stealing" began....
This is the best I could come up with.
Please let me know if I missed something.
There are some grey areas.
I included only books that
Ed designed himself
(or occasionally with someone else).
Portfolios,
such as "Stains"
that many people include as one of his
"books",
I have not, because it seems more of a portfolio
than a book.
Same goes for
"Country Cityscapes".
Ditto for exhibition catalogs,
UNLESS,
he designed them.
This gets tricky too.
I am SURE I missed things,
so please let me know and I will
add them (or subtract them) if I feel they fit the criteria.
Thanks!
Ed Ruscha
"Various Small Fires"
1964
Ed Ruscha
"Some Los Angeles Apartments"
1965
Ed Ruscha
"Every Building on the Sunset Strip"
1966
(I have a first edition copy of this
a dear friend gave to me years ago. Thanks Jim!)
Ed Ruscha
"Thirtyfour Parking Lots"
1967
Ed Ruscha
"Billy"
(Catalog for an exhibition of works by Billy Al Bengston)
1968
Ed Ruscha
"Royal Road Test"
(With Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell)
1967
Ed Ruscha
"Business Cards"
1968
Ed Ruscha
"Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass"
1968
Ed Ruscha
"Crackers"
1969
Ed Ruscha
"Real Estate Opportunities"
1970
Ed Ruscha
"Babycakes with Weights"
1970
Ed Ruscha
"A Few Palm Trees"
1971
Ed Ruscha
"Records"
1971
Ed Ruscha
"Dutch Details"
1971
Ed Ruscha
"Colored People"
1972
Ed Ruscha
"Edward Ruscha (Ed-werd Rew-shay) Young Artist"
(Catalog for an exhibition at the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
(With Gus Foster)
1972
Ed Ruscha
"Catalog for Documenta 5"
(Those are ants spelling out the 5.)
1972
Ed Ruscha
"Hard Light"
(With Lawrence Weiner)
1978
Ed Ruscha
"ME and THE"
2002
Ed Ruscha
"OH / NO"
2008
Ed Ruscha
"On the Road"
2011
(Not sure how I missed this $10,000.00 book.
Thanks Jian Wei Lim!)
"On the Road"
2011
(Not sure how I missed this $10,000.00 book.
Thanks Jian Wei Lim!)
Ed Ruscha
"Dirty Baby"
(With Nels Cline and David Breskin)
2011
Ed Ruscha On the Road artist book from a couple of years ago!
ReplyDeletemy copy has been sold:http://ephemeral-male.blogspot.com/2010/03/all-my-ed-ruscha-items-have-been-given.html
ReplyDeleteCheers from down under
mal E
Ooh nice. I got a first edition of 26 Gasoline Stations for sale if anyone is interested...
ReplyDeleteThis post reminds me of two things. First that I foolishly gave away my copy of "Hard Light" as a house warming gift back in 1989 or so. I was pretty young then and didn't know any better. The other thing it reminds me of is the copy of "Twenty Six Gasoline Stations" that I found for around $5.00 in the cookbook section of a no longer existing used bookstore in Long Beach, CA. That would have been around 1997 or so.
ReplyDeleteI like your post, see for ... Ed Ruscha Dutch Details Sonsbeek '71 Artist Book Graphic Arts Photography http://bintphotobooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/ed-ruscha-dutch-details-sonsbeek-71.html
ReplyDeleteI tink Then & Now is missing: http://www.amazon.com/THEN-NOW-ED-RUSCHA/dp/3865211054/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1
ReplyDeleteEd Ruscha: Make New History, Special Limited Edition (Hardcover Book Art Object for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) [SIGNED] [Hardcover]
ReplyDeleteEd Ruscha (Author)
Book Description
Publication Date: 2009
SIGNED First edition, first and only printing. Signed in black ink on the colophon page (rear pasted-down endpaper) by Ruscha. Hardcover. Gray cloth-covered boards with the artist's facsimile signature debossed on the spine; no dust jacket as issued; nested in a custom printed cardboard box with fuschia interior. This Art Object was designed by Ed Ruscha on the occasion and in celebration of and the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The book, whose text block edges are printed with the words "MAKE NEW HISTORY," consists of approximately 600 plain white sheets, signifying the owner's ability to create new history. The book measures 5-1/8 x 7-3/8 x 2-1/2 inches; the box measures 11-1/8 x 8-1/8 x 3 inches. This object was distributed only to attendees of MOCA's 30th Anniversary Gala, and was not sold to the public