California Contemporary Art Scene] Ed Ruscha Swimming Pool Series, 1968-1997Color transparencies (9) measuring 2.25 x 2.25 in. (57 x 57 mm) individually window-mounted in professional double-mat viewing frames, 9.75 x 8 in. (248 x 203 mm) each. Vintage original (9) [of 9 in the series] Ektachrome 120 Master Reference Transparencies of Ed Ruscha's influential photographic document of the color and style of Los Angeles lifestyle, entitled "Pools". Spanning a three-decade long creative process, these rich sunny photographic works are a brilliant document of the artistic quality of Southern California plein-air lighting, as well as a refreshing alternative complement to Ruscha's screenprints, drawings, and paintings. Gallery reference masters for light-table viewing, as a marketing and publicity tool for Ruscha's limited edition of only (30) suites of (9) large-scale Ektacolour prints each. These are the closest extant first-generation artifacts to Ruscha's unique original camera-source transparencies used to publish the edition. Mounts remain clean and fresh throughout; a few transparencies exhibit only the minutest trace of handling, while one (#5) exhibits moderate handling, primarily slight creasing within its mount; all colors remain fresh and vibrant with no fading or hue shifting whatsoever, which guarantees exceptional prints could be generated from these, though no copyright is either expressed or implied.

All transparency and box in very good condition