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
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ed Ruscha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
modern domestic architecture
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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
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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
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shattered glass ⓘ swimming pools ⓘ |
| theme |
banality of everyday American life
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surface appearance and emptiness ⓘ tension between order and disruption ⓘ |
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