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Ed Ruscha Royal Road Test
Ed Ruscha and Mason Williams, Los Angeles, 1971. First Edition,
limited to 1000 copies. Spiral bound softcover with stiff, printed
boards. Showing very light rubbing on the covers and minimal
edgewear, this very scarce edition is in Near Fine codition.
SIGNED by Ed Ruscha.
Ed Ruscha, a multimedia artist based in Los Angeles, was an
important member of the Pop Art movement in the 1960s and
1970s. With fellow artists, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell,
he embarked upon an “art experiment” to determine the
impact of a Royal typewriter being flung from the window of a
1963 Buick Le Sabre driving at 90 miles per hour on Highway
91 thorough the California desert. The event and aftermath were
photographed by Patrick Blackwell and Ed Ruscha, and these
images illustrate the book. The experiment was described in a
deadpan style, meant to ironically spoof tests performed by car
manufacturers.
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