What is New Topographics?
New Topographics is a term coined in 1975 by curator William Jenkins to describe a group of photographers whose work focused on formal black-and-white images of urban and industrial landscapes. Jenkins initially described their aesthetic as banal, but the photographers themselves argued that their compositions were as significant as those of natural landscapes, emphasizing the beauty in everyday, man-made environments.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO NEW TOPOGRAPHICS
Ed Ruscha
Insect Slant (Ants) (from Reality & Paradoxes), 1973
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
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Ed Ruscha
Anchor in the Sand (Paris Review), 1991
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 8,500
Ed Ruscha
Here and Now, 2009
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Currently Not Available
Ed Ruscha
Red Ants from the Insects Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 3,700
Ed Ruscha
Pearl Dust Combination from the Insects Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 3,950
Ed Ruscha
Flies from the Insects Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 5,000
Ed Ruscha
Black Ants from the Insects Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 5,000
Ed Ruscha
Cockroaches from the Insects Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 5,000
Ed Ruscha
Swarm of Red Ants from the Insects Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 3,900
Ed Ruscha
Raw, 1971
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
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Ed Ruscha
He Up and Went Downtown, 2020
Sculpture / Object
Plate
GBP 2,350
Ed Ruscha
Actual Size, 2024
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
GBP 2,000
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Wasserturm Kirkhamgate, 1974
Photography
Offset Print
GBP 4,200
Ed Ruscha
Zoot Soot, 2013
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
USD 12,000
Ed Ruscha
Boiling Blood, Fly, 1969
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Ed Ruscha
Sea of Desire, 1984
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 30,000 - 40,000
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