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Edward Ruscha
Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings
Vol. 3: 1983–1987
This is the third volume in the ongoing series documenting Ruscha’s entire corpus of paintings. As in the previous two
volumes, each painting is given a double-page spread with exhibition and bibliographic history, and is reproduced in
color. The artist’s notebook sketches for paintings are reproduced in facsimile. This volume contains 165 paintings
and, in addition, includes a major public commission for the Philip Johnson-designed Miami-Dade Public Library,
which was a watershed mark for Ruscha. Paintings done immediately prior to this commission can be seen as a
summation of the artist’s earlier preoccupations and techniques, while those done after the commission show a major
shift in Ruscha’s direction occasioned by the artist’s use of airbrush techniques to produce dark, atmospheric
canvases that correspond to film noir and such Los Angeles writers as Raymond Chandler. The book includes an
introductory essay by the editor, Robert Dean, and a personal tribute by artist Lawrence Weiner. It contains a
chronology to 1987, as well as a comprehensive bibliography and list of exhibitions.
Ed Ruscha was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1937 and grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1941 to 1956. He
moved to Los Angeles, California and attended the Chouinard Art Institute from 1956 to 1960. His work has been
exhibited internationally and is represented in major museums and private collections throughout the world. In 2001,
Ruscha was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters as a member of the Department of Art. He was
chosen by the US Department of State to represent the United States at the 2005 Venice Biennale.
Co-published with Gagosian Gallery, New York/Beverly Hills.
Edward Ruscha
Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings
Vol. 3: 1983–1987
Edited by Robert Dean and Erin Wright
Essays by Lawrence Weiner, Dave Hickey and Robert Dean
Book design by Bruce Mau Design Inc.
400 pages, four color throughout
9.5 x 11.5 in. / 24 x 29.2 cm
Clothbound hardcover with alufin-mat debossed
and stamped front and spine in a slipcase
$ 200.00 / £ 110.00 / € 160.00
ISBN: 978-3-86521-368-6
PostScript Bild
(9783865213686)
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