Oh No

Artwork details

Artist

Ed Ruscha

Title

Oh No

Description

Sculptural object consisting of a cloth-covered hardbound book with gilded silver edges and airbrushed text on fore-edge. Text (OH) and text (NO) are oriented in opposite directions and only visible when pages are fanned in opposite directions.

OH / NO is a fore-edge book, with printing that appears when the gilt edge is fanned one way or another. Fore-edge painting was popular in the 18th century but rarely used today. Graphicstudio research encompasses the recapture and revitalization of such technology, enabling the development of fore-edge printing. The pages of the book are blank, perhaps a commentary on the meanings we would ascribe, or fail to ascribe, to such seemingly simple words.

Closed book: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 x 2-1/16 inches

Date

2008

Medium

Mixed Media

Edition

230

Signature

Signed

Catalogue Raisonne

0

Status

Available

Price

$1,500.00