• Noah Purifoy Foundation museum brochure, Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture, Joshua Tree, c. 2022, front cover, white ground with Noah Purifoy in large brown serif type at top; below a full-width aerial colour photograph of the desert site showing scattered assemblage sculptures across a flat arid landscape with mountains in the background; Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture in small brown serif type at foot.
  • Noah Purifoy Foundation museum brochure, Joshua Tree, c. 2022, interior spread, showing at left the About the Artist panel with a small portrait photograph of Purifoy, biographical text, a pull quote, and six colour photographs of desert assemblage sculptures; at right the Noah Purifoy Foundation panel with mission statement, volunteer opportunities, and additional sculpture photographs.
  • Noah Purifoy Foundation museum brochure, Joshua Tree, c. 2022, reverse panel, white ground with Noah Purifoy / FOUNDATION in brown serif and spaced caps at upper left; mission statement and foundation history in two columns; Volunteer Opportunities bullet list; at right Visit panel with opening hours, free admission, address, directions from Los Angeles, Contribution and Support section with QR code, and website www.noahpurifoy.com.
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Noah Purifoy Foundation

NOAH PURIFOY — Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture, Joshua Tree, c. 2022

NOAH PURIFOY — Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture, Joshua Tree, c. 2022

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18 × 21.5 cm folded / 36 × 21.5 cm unfolded. Single sheet folded once, printed recto and verso in full colour offset on satin-coated paper stock. Cover photograph: Low Altitude Blimp Photography / www.lablimp.com. © 2022 Noah Purifoy Foundation, all rights reserved. Very good condition with light handling wear and minor surface marks consistent with careful storage.

Published by the Noah Purifoy Foundation (NPF), established in 1999, this brochure introduces the Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture, 63030 Blair Lane, Joshua Tree, California 92252 — the open-air environment created by American artist Noah Purifoy (1917–2004). The brochure includes colour photographs of the site, a biographical overview, foundation mission statement, volunteer opportunities, visitor information, and directions from Los Angeles.

Following the 1965 Watts Rebellion in Los Angeles, Purifoy became one of the first artists to transform urban debris into ambitious sculptural assemblages. In the late 1980s he relocated permanently to Joshua Tree, where he spent the final fifteen years of his life constructing a sprawling desert installation from discarded domestic, industrial, and architectural materials. Purifoy deeded his artistic estate to the Foundation; artist and NPF trustee Ed Ruscha purchased and donated 7½ adjacent acres to comprise the 10-acre desert site. Today the site is recognised as one of the most significant examples of environmental assemblage art in the United States.

Rather than documenting a temporary exhibition, this brochure records an ongoing artist-built environment. Produced for visitors to the foundation, it belongs to the museum's continued public life while quietly functioning as a portable record of one of contemporary art's most distinctive sites. As printed material associated directly with the Purifoy Foundation, it occupies the space between guide, archive, and enduring institutional ephemera.

Admission is free of charge. Open from sunrise until sundown. Guided docent tours available for groups by advance reservation.

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