Softcover book with faux wood-grain commercial paper stock cover; black and white photograph collaged to front cover with black paper mounting corners; 21 photographic illustrations and one reproduction of a photograph staped to paper; 32 pp.; Latigo (leather cord) binding. Text in manuscript facsimile, with date-stamps. This copy: First (and only) edition.
Business Cards https://collections.artsmia.org/art/32509/
Gift of Jeanne C. Thayer and Purchase
Positive from That Is Right And Other Similarities http://www.moma.org/collection/works/64580
date inscribed ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
ARTISTS WHO DO BOOKS http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/ruscha-artists-who-do-books-ar00056
John B. Turner Fund
3327 Division http://www.moma.org/collection/works/165897
John M. Shapiro Fund
Some Los Angeles Apartments from Book Covers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/115040
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Sulfuric Acid (Mallinckrodt) from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62668
Purchased through the generosity of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Pewsfrom News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues http://www.moma.org/collection/works/114789
John B. Turner Fund
Big Dipper Over Desert http://www.moma.org/collection/works/72260
Softcover; white paper; title printed in red ink on front and spine; glassine dust jacket; approximately 50 copies from the first edition were accompanied by a black cardboard slipcase. Book contains 26 photogrpahic illustration; 48 pp. This copy: Second edition. In this seminal artist's book of 1963, Ruscha presents the reader with a selection of black and white photographs of service stations encountered during a highway journey he made on U.S. Route 66 from Los Angeles to his hometown of Oklahoma City. Evoking the working method of a documentary photographer, Ruscha captured the mundane and unadorned face of American consumer culture. Each of the 26 photographs in the book is captioned with a title and location, collectively representing an alphabet or lexicon of "stations," which ends fittingly with a photograph of a FINA service station. There is no additional text. This innovative and groundbreaking publication is today celebrated as an iconic example of editioned artist-produced books.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations https://collections.artsmia.org/art/32513/
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Leather Dye (Shinola) from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62674
Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Carp http://www.moma.org/collection/works/73310
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Glycerine (Alvarado Pharmacy) from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62692
Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Self http://www.moma.org/collection/works/90724
Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hedges IV, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, and the General Drawings Fund
Smash Triptych http://www.moma.org/collection/works/34150
Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
City http://www.moma.org/collection/works/73417
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Pepper Sauce (Tabasco) from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62696
Smells Like Back of Old Hot Radio
Smells Like Back of Old Hot Radio https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-ruscha/smells-like-back-of-old-hot-radio-1976
John M. Shapiro Fund
Real Estate Opportunities from Book Covers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/115035
Cadillac (Motor City Series)
Cadillac (Motor City Series) https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-ruscha/cadillac-motor-city-series-2009
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Beer (Coors) from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62661
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Butch Wax with lanolin from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62669
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Vicksburg http://www.moma.org/collection/works/174074
ancock (Rooftops Series #4)
ancock (Rooftops Series #4) https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-ruscha/ancock-rooftops-series-4
Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Colored People http://www.moma.org/collection/works/146939
Hi, Honey
Hi, Honey https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-ruscha/hi-honey-1981
Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Rodeo http://www.moma.org/collection/works/73377
The Print Associates Fund
Gas http://www.moma.org/collection/works/165895
Gift of Susan and Arthur Fleischer, Jr.
Fence from Cameo Cuts http://www.moma.org/collection/works/200662
Gift of Iolas Gallery
Acetone (Gray Cross) from Stains http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62693
The End
The End https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-ruscha/the-end-1997
