Ed Ruscha

An Archive of Projects

Robert Dean, Michael Friend, David Platzker , Allen Ruppersberg

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Yale University Press
23 February 2023

Art & design styles: Conceptual art; Non-graphic art forms; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

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, drawings, prints, and artists’ books. Many of these are unknown and most are reproduced here for the first time. Composed of three sections—Projects and Ephemera; Contour Gauge Profiles; and Painted Book Covers—the book offers Ruscha enthusiasts and scholars a hitherto unknown aspect of Ruscha’s practice, while also showing how these projects coincide with, and sometimes even prefigure, the artistic work for which he is best known. The approximately 270 painted book covers, begun in 1990, utilize found books as support for small paintings and drawings. The 57 contour gauge profiles are silhouette-like profiles made using a mechanical device for reproducing contours. The largest section, Projects and Ephemera, consists of installations, sculpture and objects, films, book and poster design, utilitarian works, and more.

Contributions by: Michael Friend, David Platzker, Allen Ruppersberg
Edited by: Robert Dean
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 241mm,
ISBN: 9780300265873
ISBN 10: 0300265875
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 23 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Dean is editor of the Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and coeditor of the John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné.