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A book of black and white photographs of petrol stations along a highway, with captions of their names and locations. The book is a seminal example of conceptual art and artist books, and was first published in 1963 by Ruscha himself.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist's book by the American pop artist Ed Ruscha. Published in April 1963 [1] on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, [2] it is often considered to be the first modern artist's book, [3] and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist's book culture ...
- Edward Ruscha
- 1963
A review of Ruscha's book of photographs of gas stations along Route 66, and its artistic and cultural significance. The author recounts his personal encounter with the book and its enigmatic structure, and explores its Pop-Minimalist vision of the Road.
Overview. Provenance. Notes. Exhibition History. References. Title: Twentysix Gasoline Stations. Artist: Edward Ruscha (American, born Omaha, Nebraska, 1937) Date: 1963. Medium: Black offset printing. Dimensions: 7 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 3/16 in. (17.9 × 14 × 0.5 cm) Classification: Books. Credit Line: Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1970.
"Twentysix Gasoline Stations", 1969. Alhambra: The Cunningham Press. Ed Ruschas Künstlerbücher machen dem Betrachter nichts vor – zwischen den Buchdeckeln von Twentysix Gasoline Stations verbirgt sich tatsächlich nur eine Serie von Fotografien 26 verschiedener Tankstellen zwischen Los Angeles und Oklahoma.
The book contains photographs of 26 gas stations, with one-line references stating the stations’ name and location. The page layout varies: a photograph sometimes fills a two-page spread, sometimes a single page, sometimes a half page. Ruscha took these photographs of gas stations on the legendary Route 66 highway which connects Oklahoma to ...
Twentysix gasoline stations that shook the world: the rise and fall of cheap booklets as art. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2016. Clive Phillpot. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Abstract.
