Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass

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"Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass" is a 1968 artist's book by Ed Ruscha featuring stark color photographs of Los Angeles swimming pools and a single image of shattered glass, exemplifying his deadpan, conceptual approach to American vernacular imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist's book
photobook
artisticApproach deadpan, documentary style
seriality
artMovement Conceptual art
Pop art NERFINISHED
associatedArtist Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
author Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
binding perfect-bound paperback
circulation limited art-book distribution
colorScheme full-color plates on white pages
contrastElement single image of broken glass against pool images
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED
depicts modern domestic architecture
suburban leisure culture
followsInSeries Every Building on the Sunset Strip NERFINISHED
format offset-printed book
genre artist's book
conceptual art
hasCatalogueStatus canonical work in Ed Ruscha's book oeuvre
hasInfluenceOn conceptual photography
development of the artist's book as an art form
hasWorkType sequential photographic series
imageType color photographs
includedIn major museum artist-book collections
language English
medium photographs reproduced in book form
notableCharacteristic deadpan photographic style
focus on American vernacular imagery
minimal text
serial presentation of images
numberOfBrokenGlassImages 1
numberOfImages 10
numberOfSwimmingPoolImages 9
partOfSeries Ed Ruscha artist's books NERFINISHED
printingTechnique offset lithography
publicationYear 1968
publisher self-published by Ed Ruscha
setting Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED
subjectMatter Los Angeles NERFINISHED
shattered glass
swimming pools
theme banality of everyday American life
surface appearance and emptiness
tension between order and disruption

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Ed Ruscha notableWork Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass