Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

403 c   EDWARD RUSCHA. A fine collection including 13 of Ruscha’s renowned artist’s books. Each humorously and conceptually illustrated with reproductions of Ruscha’s own and appropriated photographs.The collection includes 5 signed titles, one of which is inscribed to Mike Salisbury, an important graphic designer and peer of Ruscha.Various formats, but most are 8vos, each are as issued, including 5 with original glassine dust jackets and one with the original printed dust jacket; one with the original slipcase. Hasselblad 198. 11 FIRST EDITIONS, 5 ARE SIGNED BY RUSCHA. Vp,Vd [10,000/15,000] Twentysix Gasoline Stations . Second edition, one of 500 copies. Self-published, 1967 Every Building on the Sunset Strip . First edition. Self-published, 1966 Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles . First edition. SIGNED BY RUSCHA. Self-published, 1967 Royal RoadTest . First edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUSCHA ANDWILLIAMS TO MIKE [SALISBURY]. Self-published, 1967 Nine Swimming Pools and A Broken Glass. First edition. Self-published, 1968 Crackers . First edition. Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, 1969 Babycakes withWeights . First edition. Multiples, Inc., NewYork, 1970 Real Estate Opportunities . First edition. SIGNED BY RUSCHA. Self-published, 1970 Records . First edition. Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, 1971 Colored People . First edition. SIGNED BY RUSCHA. Self-published, 1972 A Few PalmTrees . First edition. Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, 1971 Hard Light . First edition. SIGNED BY RUSCHA. Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, and Moved Pictures, NewYork, 1978 Various Small Fires . Second Edition. Self-published, 1970. WITH—A selection of 5 modern publications by Ruscha including: Cityscapes, O Books, Leo Castelli Gallery, 1997 * S Books , Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation, 2001 * Picturing Ed , Craig Krull Gallery, 2004 * Then & Now , Steidl, 2005 * Dirtybaby, Prestel, 2010.