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Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist's book by the American pop artist Ed Ruscha. Published in April 1963 on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, it is often considered to be the first modern artist's book, and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist's book culture, especially in America.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations, a modest publication consisting of black and white photographs with captions, is an iconic artist book. The photographs are of petrol stations, along the highway between Ruscha’s home in Los Angeles and his parent’s house in Oklahoma City.
Inspired in part by the “sound of the number ‘26,’” Ruscha gathered twenty-six images of gasoline stations to populate his first artist’s book.
Standard stations of the cross! Fourteen stations, minus the crucifixion. Thirteen stations from Los Angeles to the Calvary of Ed’s hometown in Oklahoma—then thirteen stations back to Los Angeles, refusing that sacrifice.
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Feb 26, 2024 · Discover Ed Ruscha's iconic "Twenty-six Gasoline Stations," a groundbreaking artist's book challenging perceptions of art and everyday life.
Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist's book by the American pop artist Ed Ruscha. Published in April 1963 on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, it is often considered to be the first modern artist's book, and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist's book culture, especially in America.
Sep 22, 2013 · Ed Ruscha' s first artist book Twentysix Gasoline Stations featured simple black-and-white snapshots of gas stations that he photographed along Route 66 on his road trips from Los Angeles to...
Twentysix Gasoline Stations. Largely considered the first modern artists’ book, TwentySix Gasoline Stations is also the first bookwork by Ed Ruscha. Self-published in 1963 and in second and third editions in 1967 and 1969, Twentysix Gasoline Stations features black-and-white photos of gas stations taken from a distance along Route 66 in ...
THE DISTANCE from the Knox-Less service station in Oklahoma City to Bob’s Seaside Service, not so far from the Santa Monica Pier at the terminus of Route 66—both pictured in Ed Ruscha’s 1963 artist’s book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations—was about 1,400 miles.
