Colored people / Edward Ruscha.

Author/creator Ruscha, Edward photographer.
Format Book
Publication[California?] : [Edward Ruscha], 1972.
Copyright Date©1972
Description16 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Subjects

Abstract "In this first and only edition, Ruscha indirectly addresses the discourse around the term "colored people" by paradoxically depicting no literal persons anywhere. Instead, the first half of the book consists of fifteen offset color photos of cacti, succulents, palms, banana trees, and other desert vegetation, stripped of context and suspended against immaculate white. Completely blank, the glue-bound book's remainder is further devoid of even these estranged specimens. Much can be read into this prickly publication in terms of (in)visibility, metaphor, alienation, representation, absence, and so on."--Description from Printed Matter catalog.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare Artist's Book copy Purchased from Leland Little Auctions, 1/24/2025
Genre/formartists' books (books)
Genre/formphotobooks.
Genre/formArtists' books.
Genre/formPictorial works.
Genre/formPhotobooks.
Genre/formArtists' books.
Genre/formPhotobooks.
Genre/formArtists' books United States 1972.
LCCN 73156281

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Artist's Book Collection TR654 .R87 1972 ✔ Available Request Material