Six Ed Ruscha (Dec 16, 1937- ) artist's books in original bindings, containing images and text, 1969-1987. 1st Item: CRACKERS, 1969 Heavy Industry Publications, 115 black and white photographs, in original white paper wrappers as issued. 2nd Item: VARIOUS SMALL FIRES (Copr. 1964), 2nd edition 1970, 16 tinted black and white photographs bound in original white wrappers as issued. 3rd Item: A FEW PALM TREES, 1971, Heavy Industry Publications, 14 black and white photographs, in black wrappers as issued. 4th Item: EDWARD RUSCHA (ED – WERD REW – SHAY) YOUNG ARTIST, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1972, multiple photographs bound in green boards as issued. 5th Item: COLORED PEOPLE, 1972, 15 color photographs/illustrations, bound in yellow wrappers as issued. 6th Item: ED RUSCHA, Robert Miller Gallery book, 1987, 20 color photographs bound in black boards as issued, accompanying an exhibition in November 1987. Sizes range from 4 1/2" H x 3 3/4" W to 10-3/4" H x 10-3/4" W. Biography: "Artist Ed Ruscha [b. Dec 16, 1937] became well known in the late 1950s when he began making small collages using images and words taken from everyday sources such as advertisements. His interest in the everyday led to him using the cityscape of his adopted hometown Los Angeles–a source of inspiration he has returned to again and again. Ruscha often combines images of the city with words and phrases from everyday language to communicate a particular urban experience. [His] use of the imagery and techniques seen in commercial art such as advertising and his interest in popular culture and the everyday, connects him directly with pop art. He was also very influential to the development of conceptual art through his depiction of words and phrases, and his books of deadpan photographs characterized by their low key humor." (Source: The Tate Museum).

CONDITION: 1st Item: CRACKERS, overall good, front flyleaf corner clipped, 1/4" tear to front top of wrapper as well as soiling; 2nd Item: VARIOUS SMALL FIRES, spine toning, front flyleaf corner clipped; 3rd Item: A FEW PALM TREES, some rubbing, front flyleaf and title page corners clipped; 4th Item: EDWARD RUSCHA (ED – WERD REW – SHAY) YOUNG ARTISTA, overall fair, rubbing to boards, front flyleaf corner clipped, boards loose with split from pages but still intact, business card absent. 5th Item: COLORED PEOPLE, slight soiling, front flyleaf corner clipped. 6th Item: ED RUSCHA, previous owner's name front flyleaf.