Twentysix gasoline stations / Edward Ruscha.

Main entry:

Ruscha, Edward, photographer.

Title & Author:

Twentysix gasoline stations / Edward Ruscha.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publication:

Alhambra, California : The Cunningham Press, 1969.

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : all illustrations ; 18 cm

Notes:
"First edition, 1963, 400 numbered copies ; second edition, 1967, 500 unnumbered copies ; third edition, 1969, 3000 unnumbered copies"--Colophon.
Copyright ©1967, ©1969.

Summary:

"Largely considered the first modern artists' book, TwentySix Gasoline Stations is also the first bookwork by Ed Ruscha. Self-published in 1963 and in second and third editions in 1967 and 1969, Twentysix Gasoline Stations features black-and-white photos of gas stations taken from a distance along Route 66 in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, documenting the modernization of the American landscape and its expanding network of highways."--Printed Matter website.

Subject:

Service stations Pictorial works.
Architectural photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Architecture United States History 20th century Pictorial works.
Stations-service Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie d'architecture.
Photographie artistique.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
Architecture
Service stations
Artists' books United States Los Angeles 1969.
United States

Form/genre:

Book art U.S.A. 1969.
Photobooks U.S.A. 1969.
artists' books (books)
Artists' books
History
Pictorial works
Photography, Artistic.
Artists' books California Alhambra.
Livres d'artistes.

Added entries:

Twentysix gasoline stations 1962
Twenty six gasoline stations
26 gasoline stations

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y 217208
Call No.: ND37.R951.A35 1969
Status: Available

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