SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward

Published by Self-Published, Los Angeles, 1965

About this Item

np (48pp), 34 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Some Los Angeles Apartments" is Ed Ruscha's third artist book - a wry yet heartfelt photographic survey of the subtle beauty of the post-war Southern California rental property construction boom. A spectacularly bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1965 first edition (entry B3 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on page 141 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 226 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to seven hundred unnumbered copies in the publisher's glassine wrapper showing some typical minor age patination along with a few tiny closed tears along the top edge of the rear panel. All in all, this is an exceptional example of this important little gem that is often confused with the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition catalogue of virtually the same title.

Seller Inventory # 025061

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS
• Publisher: Self-Published, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 1965
• Binding: Printed Wrappers with Glassine
• Edition: First Edition 1/700.
• Condition: Fine.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine.
• Book Type: Artist's Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Edward Ruscha
  • Architecture
  • Conceptual and Minimal Art
  • Photography Monographs
  • Artists' Books
  • Artist Monographs
  • The Photobook / Open Book / 101 Books / et al.
  • California Artists and Arts