Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné Of The Works On Paper Vol.1 : 1956-1976

Edward Ruscha (1937) came to prominence in the early 1960s as part of the Pop art movement, although his work equally engages the legacies of Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism as well as the Conceptual art that emerged later in the decade.

This catalogue raisonné - the first in a series of three - comprehensively chronicles the first two decades of Ed Ruscha's work on paper. Over 1,000 works on paper are documented, all created between 1956 and 1976, and they encompass a wide range of formats, materials, themes, and styles. Included are collages, ephemeral sketches, preparatory studies for paintings, oil on paper works, and drawings executed in a variety of inventive materials, including gunpowder and organic substances.