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the cover for the artist's book
"Twentysix Gasoline Stations" by Ed Ruscha, originally published in 1963. The cover features the title text in a distinct green, striped font over an image of a street view and a rear-view mirror view from a car, which includes a "Standard" gas station sign.
Artwork Details
Artist: Edward "Ed" Ruscha (American, b. 1937).
Title: Twentysix Gasoline Stations.
Medium: Artist's book, the first of 16 photographic art books produced by Ruscha.
Subject: The book features a deadpan collection of 26 black-and-white photographs of gas stations along Route 66, the road between Los Angeles and Ruscha's hometown of Oklahoma City. The "Standard" gas station in Amarillo, Texas, shown on the cover, is one of his most iconic motifs.
Significance: The book is a seminal work in Pop and Conceptual Art, noted for its "unorthodox form" and "factual kind of army-navy data look". Ruscha sought to create neutral material, considering the images a collection of "facts" rather than interesting subject matter. |
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