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The Athenaeum’s Erika & Fred Torri Artists’ Books Collection

Book Number	Artist	Title	Pub. Year	Box No.	Comment
AB 1999.40	Ruscha, Edward	Note cards & envelopes	1999	141
AB 2001.18	Ruscha, Edward	Guacamole airlines	1980	140
AB 2001.30	Ruscha, Edward	In a building by Frank..	1969	141
AB 2002.10	Ruscha, Edward	Royal road test	1980	140	2 copies
AB 2002.54	Ruscha, Edward	Edward Ruscha stains	1992	141
AB 2002.78	Ruscha, Edward	Records	1971	141
AB 2003.28	Ruscha, Edward	Cityscapes / O Books	1997	141	2 copies
AB 2003.29	Ruscha, Edward	S Books	2001	141
AB 2003.134	Ruscha, Edward	Colored people	1972	141	2 copies
AB 2003.136	Ruscha, Edward	They called her Styrene	2000	140	2 copies
AB 2004.24	Ruscha, Edward	Babycakes with weights	1970	141
AB 2004.109	Ruscha, Edward	Mountains and portraits	2000	141
AB 2005.55	Ruscha, Edward	Business cards	1968	140
AB 2005.59	Ruscha, Edward	Course of empire	2005	140	2 copies
AB 2005.66	Ruscha, Edward	Then & now: Hollywood Blvd. 1973-2004	2005	141	Oversized
AB 2008.19	Ruscha, Edward	Twentysix gasoline stations	1967	141
AB 2008.20	Ruscha, Edward	Thirtyfour parking lots in Los Angeles	1974	141	2 copies
AB 2008.21	Ruscha, Edward	A few palm trees	1971	141
AB 2008.89	Ruscha, Edward	Beyond Hell	1992	140
AB 2008.113	Ruscha, Edward	Me - The	2002	141
AB 2009.1	Ruscha, Edward	Dutch details	1971	141
AB 2012.77	Ruscha, Edward	On the road	2009	In its own box	Oversized
AB 2017.57	Ruscha, Edward	Metro mattresses	2015	141, 226	2 copies
AB 2019.6	Ruscha, Edward	Double Americanisms	2018	141, 226	2 copies
AB 2023.4	Ruscha, Edward	Edward Ruscha (Ed-werd Rew-shay) young artist	1972	226
AB CAT 40	Ruscha, Edward	Edward Ruscha: prints and publications 1962-74	1975	2
RSM R892 cr	Ruscha, Edward	Crackers	1969
RSM R892 ev	Ruscha, Edward	Every building on the Sunset Strip	1966
RSM R892 fe	Ruscha, Edward	Few palm trees	1971
RSM R892 ha	Ruscha, Edward	Hard light	1978
RSM R892 ni	Ruscha, Edward	Nine swimming pools…	1968
RSM R892 re	Ruscha, Edward	Real estate opportunities	1970
RSM R892 so	Ruscha, Edward	Some Los Angeles apartments	1970
RSM R892 th	Ruscha, Edward	Thirtyfour parking lots…	1967
RSM R892 tw	Ruscha, Edward	Twentysix gasoline stations…	1963
RSM R892 va	Ruscha, Edward	Various small fires…	1964

In 2010, the Athenaeum published a booklet exploring the library’s complete collection of artist’s books by the much heralded contemporary artist Ed Ruscha. A second booklet focusing on the Athenaeum’s complete collection of Ida Applebroog’s artist's books was published in 2011. The third booklet on Allen Ruppersberg was published in 2012 and the fourth and fifth booklets (on John Baldessari and Bruce Nauman) were published in 2013. In 2016, the booklet on Roberta Allen’s complete collection was published, followed by booklets on Allan Kaprow and Mel Bochner in 2018. Currently a booklet on Sol LeWitt and a second edition of booklet on Ed Ruscha are in process. All booklets—catalogues raisonnés—are sent out to a list of national and international institutions interested in artists’ books.

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