Ed Ruscha – Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 5 comprises 195 paintings, reproduced in full color. A highlight is the complete layout of the 1995 Denver Central Library project, which Ruscha described as a rolling historical landscape of Colorado and the West. Other notable series of this period include the Cityscape paintings, which resemble ransom notes, and a group of images of clock faces titled after the names of American cars and car manufacturers.

This volume also includes numerous documentary photographs, a selection of Ruscha's sketchbook pages and complete bibliographic references and exhibition histories.