Los Angeles, California: [Edward Ruscha, 1966. Second printing. Octavo in a metallic silver-backed cardboard slipcase; 7.5 x 6 inches; accordion-fold binding of 26 unnumbered double leaves; chiefly b&w photo reproductions; 19 cm. Fine to fine(-) in very good original slipcase with one tiny air bubble and small fold cracks to top and bottom ends of opening. Small faded spot to spine. See photos. Paperback. ISBN:
"Panoramic offset lithographic photographic strips documenting every building present on both sides of Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California in 1966, printed on an accordion-folded strip of paper that opens to 27 feet. The photographic strips show buildings, intersections, parked cars, and signs along both sides of the Strip, viewed as if driving down the street. Captions below the photographs include the names of cross streets and house numbers for the buildings. By documenting the Sunset Strip objectively using a motorized Nikon mounted on the back of a pick-up truck and driving down the street, using a cheap printing process, providing no text other than factual street names and numbers, and packaging the images inside a plain white cover with simple title in gray, and reflective box with no title at all, Ruscha "created a new genre of art book designed for commercial distributors rather than art galleries. Ruscha's books, which became a staple of Conceptualism, were extremely influential to younger generations of artists" — WorldCat. | Photography, Panoramic. Photography, Artistic. Pop'art. Photographie artistique. Photographie panoramique. printing-out paper. art photography. Pop (fine arts styles) Buildings Photography, Artistic Photography, Panoramic Pop art Named Person: Ruscha, Edward. Ruscha, Edward Artists' books (books) -- 1966. artists' books (books) photobooks. Artists' books Pictorial works Specimens Photobooks Artists' books. Photobooks. Accordion fold format (Binding) Slipcases (Binding). Artists' books -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century. Artists' books -- 1966. Accordion fold format. Livres d'artistes.
