Ed Ruscha, Royal Road Test

Royal Road Test

Ed Ruscha

Publisher
Edward Ruscha
Year
1967
Specifications
Spiral-bound, cream-colored wrappers
9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in (23.7 x 15.8 cm)
60 pages, 36 illustrations
First edition of 1,000 copies
With Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell
Printer: Blair Litho, Los Angeles

A mock-forensic investigation documenting the defenestration, in the desert, of a standard office-model typewriter thrown from a car traveling ninety miles an hour. Presented with the flat, procedural language of an accident report -- measured distances, numbered evidence photographs, a diagram of the wreckage -- the project turns a deliberately pointless act of destruction into a deadpan piece of pseudo-scientific documentation.

More by Ed Ruscha

More from Edward Ruscha

Spine Index, an archive of independent photobooks

FIND A
BOOK
/
If you leave this unticked you are logged out when you close the browser, or after 12 hours without activity. Cookies and privacy.
/
one year, or a range like 2015-2020
one or more, separated by commas
full or partial
a name, or design: / text: / edited: / translation: and a name

ARCHIVE

Loading…

PUBLISHER

#

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

X

Y

Z

ABOUT

The project

SpineIndex is an archive of independent books on photography and visual culture: photobooks, publications, design books and self-published editions — the kind of work that rarely makes it into bookshop windows or mainstream catalogues. It exists to document, connect, and keep visible a world of publishers, artists, and makers who operate outside conventional distribution. A living reference for anyone who takes this territory seriously — collectors, researchers, students, and the simply curious.

Images and rights

Covers, interior pages and descriptions are shown to introduce and identify the books, always crediting publisher, author and photographer and linking back to the publisher. We ask publishers for their permission, and we remove anything on request within 7 days. If you are a publisher, an author or a photographer and you want something changed or removed, write to info@spineindex.it.