Nine swimming pools and a broken glass

Nine swimming pools and a broken glass
 1968

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
artist's book: photo-offset lithograph and printed text, 64 pages, printed paper cover, glued binding
Measurements
17.9 × 13.9 cm (page) 17.8 × 14.0 × 0.4 cm
Edition
1st edition, edition of 2400
Printing/Publishing
published by Ed Ruscha, Los Angeles
Inscription
printed in ink on cover u.c.: REAL / ESTATE / OPPORTUNITIES
printed in ink on 2nd page: REAL ESTATE / OPPORTUNITIES / EDWARD RUSCHA / 1970
Accession Number
2009.528
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Robert Rooney through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2009
© Ed Ruscha
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Conceptual Art Literary and Text Structures
Subjects (specific)
artists' books (books) black-and-white (colours) swimming pools texts (documents)
Movements
Conceptual

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Essay
‘The Camera is a Dumb Recording Device’, Robert Rooney and the serial photographs in retrospect

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