%C2%A9 Ed Ruscha
Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1963 (second edition, 1967)
Offset printing; bound volumeexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Library Fundexpand_more B.97.6.1
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In this seminal artist's book of 1963, Ruscha presents the reader with a selection of black and white photographs of service stations encountered during a highway journey he made on U.S. Route 66 from Los Angeles to his hometown of Oklahoma City. Evoking the working method of a documentary photographer, Ruscha captured the mundane and unadorned face of American consumer culture. Each of the 26 photographs in the book is captioned with a title and location, collectively representing an alphabet or lexicon of "stations," which ends fittingly with a photograph of a FINA service station. There is no additional text. This innovative and groundbreaking publication is today celebrated as an iconic example of editioned artist-produced books.
Details
- Title
- Twentysix Gasoline Stations
- Artist Life
- born 1937
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- B.97.6.1
- Provenance
- Transferred from MIA Library
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Foster 1; Engberg B1; 101 Books, pp.182-185; The Open Book, pp.198-201; The Photobook, vol. II, pp.140-43.
- Curator Approved
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© Ed Ruscha