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ANSEL ADAMS.
Taos Pueblo.
Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and Described by Mary Austin.With 12 handsome duotone
illustrations of Adams’ photographs. Folio,
1
/
2
-tan Niger leather and sienna-brown cloth; matching cloth
slipcase, lightly soiled and sunned.
FACSIMILE EDITION
,
ONE OF
950
SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES
.
Boston: NewYork Graphic Society, 1977
[1,000/1,500]
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EDWARD RUSCHA.
A selection of 4 seminal artist’s books by the important contemporary artist.
Each illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of seemingly banal photographs by Ruscha.
8vos, printed wrappers; each with the original glassine dust jackets, most with small chips along the
spine and edges. Hasselblad 198.
ONE FIRST EDITION
.
Vp,Vd
[1,500/2,500]
Twentysix Gasoline Stations,
third edition, 1969 *
Some Los Angeles Apartments,
second edition, 1970
*
Various Small Fires and Milk,
second edition, 1970 *
Real Estate Opportunities,
first edition, 1970.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations
, Ruscha’s first artist’s book, determined the signature format which he
continued to use with 8 other titles.When he submitted the book to the Library of Congress in
1963 it was rejected due to the book’s “unorthodox form and lack of information.” Subsequently,
Ruscha placed an advertisement in the March 1964 issue of ArtForum stating the book as
“REJECTED” and listing it for sale at $3 a copy. In an interview he notes that his books contain
no hidden message or agenda but instead are explorations of the subjects he refers to as “cultural
curiosities” in a straight on manner “without much emotion.”
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EDWARD RUSCHA.
A selection of 3 bookworks including the iconic
Every Building on the Sunset Strip
.
Each illustrated with the artist’s photographs. 8vos, each with printed wrappers; one with the original
silver mylar slipcase. Hasselblad 198.
TWO FIRST EDITIONS
.
Vp,Vd
[1,000/1,500]
Every Building on the Sunset Strip,
second edition, 1971 *
A Few Palm Trees,
first edition, 1971 *
Colored People,
first edition, 1972.
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