Ed Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Two: 1971-1982

by Peter Wollen

The Catalogue Raisonn of the Paintings of Ed Ruscha is a six-volume series of books co-published by Steidl and Gagosian Gallery. This is the second volume, which contains entries on 178 paintings completed between 1971 and 1982--from the artist's crisis at the onset of the 70s, when he "quits painting pictures," to his first major museum retrospective, which opened in March 1982 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The catalogue includes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3865211380
• ISBN13: 9783865211385
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 8.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 10.0" x 12.2"