Description
Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné (Two Volumes Complete). Published by Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center and printed at Hatje Cantz 1999. Complete two-volumes set. Large and heavy 12 1⁄2 × 10 inches Remainder marks to bottom edges. Light wear to slipcase and cover, front cornes with a little scraping, wrap-around jacket worn else clean set
First edition, first and only printing. Hardcover. Two volumes in paper-covered boards in a cloth slipcase with photographically illustrated dust wrap. Volume One is 128 pp. with approximately 400 four-color and black-and-white reproductions, a complete catalogue of Ruscha’s print work, artist’s books and other works. Volume Two is 158 pp. with numerous four-color and black-and-white plates and reference illustrations, a foreword by Kathy Halbreich, essays by Siri Engberg and Clive Phillpot, “The Information Man” by Edward Ruscha, a detailed key to the catalogue compiled by Siri Engberg (including edition size, proofs, inscriptions, printer, publisher and print run information), a bibliography, exhibition history and title and subject indexes