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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Indiana

2011

Richard Ross

Associated Names

Richard Ross

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows a person peeking through a small rectangular opening in a door, only revealing their eyes and the top of their head. In front of them is a white foam hinged takeout container on a sliding shelf. There is also a napkin or piece of paper on the shelf. The door is beige or light brown with a knob above the opening, and the background beyond the opening is not visible.

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Artwork overview

Medium

inkjet print
Credit Line

Gift of Brook and Pam Smith
Dimensions

image: 37.2 × 55.9 cm (14 5/8 × 22 in.)
sheet: 43.2 × 61.3 cm (17 × 24 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2022.85.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Richard Ross, Santa Barbara, CA); Brook and Pam Smith, Louisville, KY; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Ross, Richard

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: Richard Ross

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