Red Ants

1972

Ed Ruscha

Associated Names
Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a collection of small, red abstract shapes scattered on a pale background. The shapes appear like clusters and are arranged in a dense and chaotic pattern, resembling a swarm of insects or ants. The overall distribution forms a complex web-like structure.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christie's, New York, sale, November 2-3, 2004, lot 562); aquired at sale by Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner, New York, 2004; gift to NGA, 2018.

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Inscriptions

recto: 2/100 [lower left in graphite] E Ruscha 1972 [signed, lower left in graphite]; verso: © COPYRIGHT EDWARD RUSCHA & MULTIPLS INC PAINTE AT SYRIA STUDIO LTD. [stamped in ink lower left]/.

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