Every Building on the Sunset Strip
Edward Ruscha, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Item #1901005
The true first edition with the extra flap in the back, limited to 1,000 though not so stated, 5 3/4 inches x 7 1/8 in., accordion fold reproductions of black and white photographs of the buildings, with their printed addresses; folding out to 27 feet long. White paper card covers with the title: The Sunset Strip, printed in silver on the spine and front cover. Edward Ruscha (b. 1937) is an influential American artist associated with the Pop art movement. In Every Building On The Sunset Strip, Ruscha took continuous photographs for two and one half miles of the buildings along the "Strip" portion of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The photographs were printed in an accordion-fold style book. Ruscha oversaw the design and production of the book, which was part of a new artistic genre of art book. Fine in fine original silver slipcase.
Price: $4,500.00