Every Building on the Sunset Strip

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Every Building on the Sunset Strip is a landmark 1966 artist’s book by Ed Ruscha that presents a continuous photographic panorama of Los Angeles’s Sunset Strip, exemplifying his conceptual and serial approach to urban landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist's book
artist's publication
conceptual art work
photobook
artMovement Conceptual art
Pop art NERFINISHED
author Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
binding fold-out leporello
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverMaterial silver-colored paper covers
creator Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
depicts Los Angeles urban landscape
Sunset Boulevard NERFINISHED
billboards
commercial buildings
storefronts
format accordion-fold book
genre conceptual photography
serial photography
hasTypeOfWork documentation of architecture
inception 1966
inCollection Getty Research Institute NERFINISHED
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Tate Modern NERFINISHED
influenced later conceptual photobooks
urban documentary practices in art
language English
locationDepicted Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED
West Hollywood NERFINISHED
material offset-printed paper
medium black-and-white photography
notableFor continuous panorama of Sunset Strip buildings
landmark status in artist's book history
systematic documentation of urban landscape
originalPrintRun 1000 copies
pageOrientation horizontal strip
partOfSeries Ed Ruscha's self-published books
publicationYear 1966
publisher Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
relatedWork Twentysix Gasoline Stations NERFINISHED
Various Small Fires and Milk NERFINISHED
selfPublished true
series Ed Ruscha artist's books
subject Sunset Strip NERFINISHED
technique continuous photographic panorama
serial documentation
timePeriodDepicted 1960s Los Angeles

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Ed Ruscha notableWork Every Building on the Sunset Strip