“Camera facing west on all photos.” -Ed Ruscha
Photographs of thirteen palm trees. Location of each palm tree (ie. “5529 W. Sunset Blvd”) is printed on the page opposite each photo. This is followed by thirty blank pages.
Printer: G.R. Huttner Lithography, Burbank, CA
NOTE: This book is from the library of Edit DeAk, the late critic and curator who was a co-founder of the seminal artists’ periodical Art-Rite, as well as Printed Matter.
One page has been cut out of the book (24 pages in). It was likely cut out by DeAk for one of the earliest Printed Matter catalogs—that DeAk helped put together—which has a prominent image from A Few Palm Trees in it. It may also have been used in other Printed Matter flyers. Please see the product photos for an image of the spread with the torn out page.
Art-Rite is stamped on the inside of the back cover of the book.