Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings Vol 5 / Five: 1993-1997
Steidl / Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Steidl, 2003. Hardcover in cardboard slipcase. First Edition, First Printing. 494 pages with numerous illustrations and photographic images throughout. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Near Fine lightly rubbed slipcse showing a smudges to edges of front panel.
Ed Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 5 comprises 195 paintings, reproduced in full color. A highlight is the complete layout of the 1995 Denver Central Library project, which 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. This volume also includes numerous documentary photographs, a selection of Ruscha's sketchbook pages and complete bibliographic references and exhibition histories. It is edited by Robert Dean and Lisa Turney with an essay by Hal Foster, "Evening in America," which analyzes Ruscha's paintings of the 1990s. Item #11421
ISBN: 9783869302515
Price: $350.00