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London: Phaidon, 2000 Pulling elements from the visual language of advertising and commercial art, Edward Ruscha has made hundreds of "word" prints, drawings, and paintings that exhibit an interplay between bold letters and shaded backgrounds. This book reproduces 575 of his "word" works.. First Edition. Hard Cover - Illus. boards.. Fine. (more information)

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New York: Phaidon Press, 2000 Pictorial boards, [584] pp., chiefly col. illus.; 13 x 20 cm. New/Slightly shopworn, with remainder mark on flyleaf. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "American artist Ed Ruscha began making prints and drawings consisting of one word on an often monochromatic, abstract background in the late 1950s and has continued to explore the language-based imagery that has become a hallmark of his work. Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1937, Ruscha moved to Los Angeles in 1956, excited by the newness, mobility and freedom represented by the Southern California landscape. Pulling elements from the visual language of advertising and commercial art, he has made hundreds of 'word' prints, drawings, and paintings that exhibit an interplay between bold letters and softly shaded, atmospheric backgrounds. This book reproduces approximately 500 'word' drawings and works by Ruscha. Assembled together in the form of a thick block, these images become a sort of novel without an obvious plot, a series of words with no narrative. Some of the works consist of only one word - great, mud, trust, others of short combinations or phrases such as Indeed I do, She Sure Knew Her Devotionals, Your Polyester People, That Housing Tract is Only Texture, and, of course, They Called Her Styrene. In these works Ruscha's words transcend their apparent randomness to become visual icons of universal emotions and places known and imagined. / Edward Ruscha was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1937 and moved to Los Angeles in 1956, excited by the newness, mobility and freedom represented by the Southern Californian landscape. He studied commercial art at the Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts) in Los Angeles from 1956 to 1960. The small photography books that he self-published in the 1960s, among them 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' and 'Every Building on the Sunset Strip,' are evidence of his fascination with the architecture and visual dissonance of Los Angeles and of his desire to make the experience of a book something different and exceptional. These books are classic examples of Ruscha's deadpan wit and cool understatement, which were developed further in his language-based prints and paintings that mark an axis between audacious Pop Art and introspective Conceptualism. Curator Richard Marshall has written that 'Ruscha's paintings and titles - can often be read as imaginary book titles or seen as book covers.'" - Publisher. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. Oblong. Remainder. (more information)

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London: Phaidon Press Inc.. (2000). First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Oblong octavo. Printed boards. 575 "word" works reproduced and arranged by the author. Near Fine, publisher 'non-mint' stamp to front free endpaper (more information)

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Phaidon, 2000. HB. Fine. Reproduces 575 ÔwordÕ works by Ed Ruscha, arranged by the artist. 130x190, 575pages (more information)

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London, UK: Phaidon Press Limited, 2000. Rubs to edges and corners of covers. Interior clean. Illus. in color. 575 'word' works by American artist Ed Ruscha .. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edward (Ed) Ruscha. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" Tall; Oblong. (more information)

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