Thirtyfour Parking Lots
Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1967. 4to (25.4 x 20.1 cm; 10 x 7 7/8 inches). [48] pages. 34 black-and-white photographic reproductions; the final image has a small flap attached to the right-hand page. Printed wrappers; original glassine wrapper. Wittenborn sticker on verso of title. A fine, well-preserved copy with the slightest of toning and one small chip to the glassine; slight spotting to upper sheet edges, discreet contemporary price stamp on front flyleaf. Item #409901
First edition of the artist's fifth book. The photos are aerial views of 34 Los Angeles parking lots. "When he was working on Thirtyfour Parking Lots, Ruscha commissioned aerial photographer Art Alanis to take the photographs and told him to shoot all the empty lots he came across. While the images in the book are striking, especially those lots with herringbone patterning, Ruscha found even more to interest him in the photographs' unexpected visual features, such as the oil droppings on the ground revealed by photographing the lots without cars" (Engberg & Phillpot - Ed Ruscha Editions, B5). Parr & Badger II:141.
Price: $1,750.00