%C2%A9 Ed Ruscha
Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965
Offset printing; bound volumeexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Library Fundexpand_more B.97.6.3
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One of Ed Ruscha's groundbreaking mass-produced artist's books, Some Los Angeles Apartments documents the banality and standardization of the urban landscape of his adopted home of Los Angeles. In deadpan style, Ruscha presents an extended sequence of black and white photographs of the city's ubiquitous mid-century dingbat and low-rise apartment block. For Ruscha, the array of variations within a formulaic architectural type reflected the unique culture of postwar Los Angeles, while revealing the dreariness of the modern American lifestyle. Ruscha captions each of the book's 34 photolithographs with the building's street address, which collectively serve as a roadmap of sorts for the city's sprawling residential neighborhoods. There is no additional text.
Details
- Title
- Some Los Angeles Apartments
- Artist Life
- born 1937
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- B.97.6.3
- Provenance
- Transferred from MIA Library
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Foster 3; Engberg B3
- Curator Approved
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© Ed Ruscha