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Nine swimming pools and a broken glass

Nine swimming pools and a broken glass
 1968

Medium
artist's book: photo-offset lithograph and printed text, 64 pages, printed paper cover, glued binding
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Robert Rooney through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2009
© Ed Ruscha
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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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