Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting (Signed First Edition)

Ed Ruscha (artist); James Ellroy; Ralph Rugoff; Alexandra Schwartz; Bruce Wagner; Ulrich Wilmes (contributors)

ISBN 10: 1935202065 / ISBN 13: 9781935202066

Published by Hayward Publishing/D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, New York, 2010

About this Item

A new copy (issued without a jacket), in a new hard slipcase. A clean, unmarked copy. Still in publisher's original shrink-wrap (opened at one end to verify first printing). This copy has been SIGNED by Ruscha on the title page (as pictured). A beautiful copy. Seller Inventory # ART-FERRY-003

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting (Signed ...

Publisher: Hayward Publishing/D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, New York

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Featuring lavish reproductions of paintings representing his entire body of work, a celebration of the late-20th-century artist's achievements offers insight into his cross-genre style and atypical artistic focus, in a volume that features an interview by Kristine McKenna, an illustrated chronology and an exhibition history.

About the Author:

James Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. His novels include 'L.A. Confidential' and 'The Black Dahlia'. Ralph Rugoff is Director of the Hayward Gallery, London. Alexandra Schwartz is the editor of 'Leave Any Information at the Signal' a collection of Ruscha's writings and interviews. She is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Bruce Wagner is an American writer, actor, producer and director based in Los Angeles. Ulrich Wilmes is Senior Curator at Haus der Kunst, Munich. Kristine McKenna is a Los Angeles-based writer who has written extensively on Wallace Berman and West Coast Beat culture.