4 × 6: Zeichnungen von Edward Ruscha

Signed by the artist, this book—one of a hundred numbered and signed copies—was published on the occasion of 4 × 6: Zeichnungen von Edward Ruscha at Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster, Germany. The 1986 exhibition featured drawings made by the artist between 1982 through 1986 and its title derives from the proportions of the works, which all measure 40 by 60 inches.

The bilingual (English/German) catalogue reproduces the twenty-four works from the exhibition and an essay by Marianne Stockebrand, an exhibition checklist, and a biography. In her analysis of the pictorial, linguistic, and conceptual aspects of Ruscha’s practice, Stockebrand notes that he “uses signs, figurative signs as well as linguistic ones,” and that “He conveys letters directly into a picture-language, plays on words, tries to give the statement a significant form.”