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Ed  Ruscha:   Thirtyfour Parking Lots
 
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Description
Artist: Ruscha Ed
Title: Thirtyfour Parking Lots
Style: Contemporary (ca. 1945-present)
Medium: Prints, Lithograph, black offset printing on white paper
Year: 1967
Size: height - 10 in, width - 8 in, depth - 0.13 in
Markings: unsigned, as issued
Edition: First edition of 2,413
Foundry/Publisher: Blair Litho, Los Angeles, Published by Ruscha
Catalogue Raisonné: B5 Author: Engberg
Estimate: from $500 to $600

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The books, begun in 1963, were Ruscha’s first foray into working with the published image, producing the most renowned series of artist’s books. These books were not only about editions, but the replication of reproductions. Each book was made up of a series of photographs, the books aptly named for their visual content.
The industrial feel of offset lithography that Ruscha was exposed to in a short apprenticeship with Saul Marks at Plantain Press showed in his artist’s books, and soon he begun to receive recognition for this unique body of work.

Thirtyfour Parking Lots contains 48 pages and 32 offset reproductions of black and white photographs taken at the artist's instruction by Art Alanis. Ed Ruscha used aerial photography to turn banal, functional urban landscapes into abstract designs.
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      Description: Water Damage or Warping
      Location: Upper left, Lower left
      Area: Margin
      Degree: Minor
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      with glassine jacket & some water damage along the top

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      Item Location: Alabama, USA
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Sales Results for Comparable Work

  • Ed Ruscha
    Thirty Four Parking Lots (artist's book), 1967
    photographs
    /
    Signed, Inscribed

    ed.1st ed.

    Sold for US $3,960

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions:
    Sunday, February 10, 2008, (Lot 00306)
    20th Century Design & Fine Art Auction

  • Ed Ruscha
    Thirtyfour parking lots in Los Angeles, 1967
    offset printing
    3.1 in. x 3.9 in. / 8.0 cm. x 10.0 cm.


    ed.ed.2413

    Sold for US $1,680

    Rago Auctions:
    Saturday, November 17, 2007, (Lot 00166)
    Post-War and Contemporary Art

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