Artists' Books
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
b. 1937
Preview
Date of Work
1971
Medium
Spiral bound book
Edition #
Third Edition
Signature
Unsigned
Height
9 5/16"
Width
6 3/8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_012_A
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Edward Ruscha was born in 1937 in Omaha, NE and is currently based out of California. Ruscha studied commercial art at the Chouinard Art Institute from 1956 to 1960. He is best known for his artist's books that strategically combine photography with short phrases and brand names to showcase the sole architectural, emotional or cultural subject of the book. He is also known for his experimental material use in his paintings and drawings, such as using chewing tobacco, spinach, Pepto-Bismol and even caviar. Edward Ruscha has work in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Museum, the Tate Museum, the Whitney Museum, and many other collections both private and public.
Additional Information
First published in 1967, second edition 1969, third edition 1971. Unsigned. Black and white images of a typewriter being thrown out of a moving vehicle.
Self published, printed by Blair Litho. Copyright protections limit the publication of images. Please contact UND Art Collections for more information about the work.
Condition
Very good
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”