Nine Swimming Pools and Broken Glass
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 18.1 x 14 cm.
  • [64] pp.
  • edition size 2400
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Nine Swimming Pools and Broken Glass

[First Edition]

Edward Ruscha

Nine Swimming Pools and Broken Glass

description

First of two printings of the seminal artists' book by Edward Ruscha. Composed of nine color images of swimming pools in Southern California, and a broken glass. Reference: "The Works of Edward Ruscha," Hudson Hills Press, New York, in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982, pp. 169. No. B8 in Siri Engberg and Clive Phillpot, "Edward Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY, 1999, pp. 124.

references

No. 8. in "Books by Edward Ruscha" by Edward Ruscha. Munich, Germany : Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1970.
"International General, Distributing Independently Produced Vanguard Art Books, Catalogues and Information" by Seth Siegelaub. New York, NY : International General, 1971.
"Book as Artwork 1960 / 1972" by Germano Celant. London, United Kingdom : Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd., 1972, pp. 70.
"Esthétique du Livre d'Artiste 1960 / 1980" by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. Paris, France : Jean-Michel Place / Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1997, pp. 292 and 330.
"Ed Ruscha and Photography" by Sylvia Wolf. New York / Gottingen, NY / Germany : Whitney Museum of American Art / Steidl, 2004, pp. 154 - 157.
Los Angeles, CA: [self-published],
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