33 half- or full-page, 2 double page ill. after photographs by Patrick Blackwell in collaboration with Mason Williams and Edward Ruscha
Buch
Other editions: 2nd ed. 1969, 1000 copies; 3rd ed. 1971, 2000 copies; 4th ed. 1980, 1500 copies. - „A picture book story of a Royal manual typewriter that was thrown out of the window of a 1963 Buick travelling at 90 miles per hour. Ruscha is cast in the role of the driver, Blackwell the photographer, and William the thrower. The core of the book is a photographic examination of the wreckage of the typewriter strewn over many square yards, spoofing the methods of an investigator analyzing the demise of an automobile prototype.“ (Engberg & Philpott: Ed Ruscha editions 1959-1999, cat. rais. vol. II, p. 68).
L’indifférence héritée de Duchamp et de John Cage produit dans les photographies d’Ed Ruscha un regard lucide, sans jugement, sur l’espace urbain américain, et ces petits livres bon marché qui ont marqué l’histoire de l’art, plus que celle de la photographie.
faux wood wrappers with a mounted photograph in black photo corners
ill.
Buch, Künstlerbuch
Text engl. - Illustrated with reproductions of photographs by Larry Bell and Ken Price, and with Ruscha and Bengston's business cards stapled to the last page as issued. Ruscha''s business card is loose, printed with the phonetic spelling of his name: "Edward Ruscha/(Ed-Werd Rew-Shay)/Young Artist." Printed by Vaughan Printing Co.