Ed Ruscha, Real Estate Opportunities

Real Estate Opportunities

Ed Ruscha

Publisher
Edward Ruscha
Year
1970
Specifications
Softcover with glassine cover
7 x 5 1/2 in (17.8 x 14 x 4 cm)
48 pages, 25 plates
First edition of 4,000 copies
Printer: G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA

Vacant lots and undeveloped parcels on the edges of the city are photographed with the neutral, promotional framing of a real estate listing, each one presented as though it were a genuine opportunity for a buyer. Stripped of any actual sales copy, the barren sites are left to speak for themselves, exposing the gap between speculative language and the empty ground it describes.

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