Glued-on softcover; white Vicksburg Vellum paper; titled lithographed in green ink on front and spine; glassine dust jacket; 48 pp. This copy: First edition.

%C2%A9 Ed Ruscha

Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965

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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
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Glued-on softcover; white Vicksburg Vellum paper; titled lithographed in green ink on front and spine; glassine dust jacket; 48 pp. This copy: First edition.

© Ed Ruscha