Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects / Robert Dean ; with contributions by Michael Friend, David Platzker, Allen Ruppersberg.

"Introducing readers to the stunning breadth of Edward Ruscha's (b. 1937) creative output over the course of his entire life, this book includes materials dating back to his childhood and extending to his present-day output. The projects featured here fall outside Ruscha's production of paintings, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dean, Robert, 1949- (Author)
Other Authors: Ruscha, Edward (Artist)
Friend, Michael (Contributor)
Platzker, David, 1965- (Contributor)
Ruppersberg, Allen, 1944- (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Gagosian, [2023]
Subjects:
Ruscha, Edward > Catalogs.
Art, American > Catalogs.
Catalogs.
Genre:
Catalogs.
Physical Description:317 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Variant Title:
Archive of projects.
Other stuff : Ed Ruscha : an archive of projects. [Cover title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Dear Ed / Allen Ruppersberg
  • An introduction to "Other stuff" / Robert Dean
  • Old pine and a few signs / David Platzker
  • The films of Ed Ruscha / Michael Friend
  • Notes on the projects and ephemera
  • Projects and ephemera
  • The book as canvas / Robert Dean
  • Notes on the painted book covers and fore-edges
  • Painted book covers and fore-edges
  • The not-quite-mechanical portraits of Ed Ruscha / Robert Dean
  • Notes on the contour gauge profiles
  • Contour gauge profiles.