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Ed Ruscha

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Edward Ruscha was born in 1937 in Ohama (Nebraska). Very soon, Ed Ruscha is into comics. After  taking graphism classes at the Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, 1956) with Robert Irwin (a minimalist artist), he moves towards painting. In 1957, Ed Ruscha discovers Jasper John's geometric series « Target ». In 1963, two exhibits presented in Los . . .

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Offset exhibition poster de Ruscha Ed : Ed Ruscha Photograhe - Jeu de Paume
Ed Ruscha...
2006 Poster printed in offset for the exhibition of the artist at the Jeu de Paume, Paris. Without
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Various small fires
Various small fires
1964 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Second edition. Contains 16 reproductions of black and white photographies. Original jacket in... Siri Engberg, n°B2
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Twentysix Gasoline Stations
Twentysix Gasoline...
1969 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Third edition. Contains 24 reproductions of photographs in black and white. Original glassine jacket. Siri Engberg, n°B1
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Colored people
Colored people
1972 First edition. Little volume, soft cover printed on the front and spine, 15 photographic illustrations of cacti and palm trees, 46 blank pages, title... Engberg n° B16
Original signed lithograph de Ruscha Ed : Anchor in sand
Anchor in sand
1991 Original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Printer's dry stamp lower left. Paris Review Publisher. Engberg n°213
Book de Ruscha Ed : Various small fires
Various small fires
1964 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Second edition. Contains 16 black and white photographic illustrations (15 with yellow varnish), 30... Siri Engberg
Book de Ruscha Ed : Nine swimming pools
Nine swimming pools
1968 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Second edition. Contains 10 reproductions of photographies in color and 48 white pages. Original... Siri Engberg
Signed original lithographs de Ruscha Ed : Question & Answer, South, If, Etc
Question & Answer,...
1991 Four original lithographs, each signed and dated in pencil by the artist, workshop chop mark from "Hamilton Press". Ed. Creative Works, Osaka. Siri Engberg n°207, 208, 209 and 210
Signed print de Ruscha Ed : Ice
Ice
Circa 1990 Offset print, signed in ballpoint by the artist. Without
Book de Ruscha Ed : Nine swimming pools
Nine swimming pools
1968 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Second edition. Contains 10 reproductions of photographies in color and 48 white pages. Siri Engberg
Book de Ruscha Ed : Various small fires
Various small fires
1964 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Second edition. Contains 16 reproductions of black and white photographies. Original jacket in... Siri Engberg
Book de Ruscha Ed : Some Los Angeles Apartments
Some Los Angeles...
1965 Second edition. Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Contains 34 captioned photographic illustrations, 12 blank pages, title page,... Siri Engberg
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Twentysix Gasoline Stations
Twentysix Gasoline...
1969 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Third edition. Contains 24 reproductions of photographs in black and white. Original glassine jacket. Siri Engberg, "Ed Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999", n°B1
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Business Cards
Business Cards
1968 Unpaginated artist's book (bound with leather tie), conceived by Edward Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston, faux wood-grain cardstock wrappers and a... Ed Ruscha Editions, Vol. I p. 94 and 95
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Royal road test
Royal road test
1967-1971 Third edition, yellow wrappers printed in black on the front, bound with a plastic spiral, photographic illustrations, a picture book story of a... Ed Ruscha Editions, Vol. II p. 64 and 124
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : A few Palm Trees
A few Palm Trees
1971 Original semi-glossy black wrappers, published by the artist, with 14 reproductions in black and white representing palm trees photographed in... Siri Engberg, "Ed Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999", n°B13
Original signed screenprint de Ruscha Ed : SIN with olive
SIN with olive
1979 Original screenprint in colors, signed and dated (1970) in pencil by the artist in the lower left corner, with publisher blind stamp. Cirrus... Engberg 41
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Ed-Werd Rew Shay
Ed-Werd Rew Shay
1972 Small book, green hard-bound cover, published for the exhibition of the artist (Prints, drawings and books) to Mineapolis Institute of Art. Not... Unknown
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Twentysix Gasoline Stations
Twentysix Gasoline...
1969 Small book published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles). Third edition. Contains 24 reproductions of photographs in black and white. Original glassine jacket. Siri Engberg, "Ed Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999", n°B1
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Records, Colored People
Records, Colored...
1971-1972 Little books, published by Heavy Industry Publisher, Hollywood, and by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles) : "Records" (first edition) and "Colored People"... Siri Engberg,
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Swimming pools, Gasoline stations, Small Fires, Apartme
Swimming pools,...
1968-1969-1970 Four little books, published by Ed Ruscha (Los Angeles) : "Nine swimming pools" (first edition), "Twentysix Gasoline stations" (third edition),... Siri Engberg, "Ed Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999", n°B8, B1, B2.
Illustrated book de Ruscha Ed : Babycakes
Babycakes
1970 Little book in first edition. Publisher's light blue paper wrappers with pink ribbon for stiching. Title on the front in light green felt letters.... Siri Engberg, "Ed Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999", n°B11

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Ed Ruscha », Richard D. Marshall, Ed. Phaidon Press, 2003
  • « Then & Now, Hollywood Boulevard 1973-2004  », Ed Ruscha, Ed. Steidl, 2005
  • « Ed Ruscha - Photographer », M. Rowell, A. D. Weinberg, Ed. Steidl Verlag, 2006
  • « Ed Ruscha », Mary Richards, Ed. Tate Publishing, Londres, 2009
  • « Ed Ruscha's Los Angeles », Alexandra Schwartz, Ed. MIT Press, 2010
  • « Ed Ruscha: Fifty years of painting », J. Ellroy et autres, Distributed Art Pub., 2010
  • « Various Small Books  », Ed Ruscha, MIT Press, 2013
  • « E. R. & the great american west », K.Breuer, D. J. Waldie, U. of California Press, 2016
  • « E. R.: Extremes and In-betweens », Y.-A. Bois, B. Eastham, Ed. Gagosian / Rizzoli, 2017
  • « Metro Mattresses », Ed Ruscha, Sprüth Magers/Koenig Books, 2017
To read from the artist :
  • « Business Cards », E. Ruscha et B. Al Bengston, Ed Ruscha Editions, 1968
  • « Huit textes, vingt-trois entretiens », Ed. JRP/Ringier & la maison rouge, 2010
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