Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

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
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00–5:00

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

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
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Your Space on Building [working proof 1]

2006

Ed Ruscha

Associated Names

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

Dena Schuckit

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image displays intersecting lines and geometric shapes forming an abstract structure. Crisscrossing lines create a lattice-like framework resembling a scaffold or the support structure of a billboard. A large rectangular shape at the top resembles a blank billboard, while angular shapes below suggest a barren landscape. The composition evokes the sight of roadside billboards or construction frameworks against an open sky.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

color aquatint with sugar lift flat bite and hard ground etching on Somerset paper (WP 1 – similar to edition but sky is more turquoise) [working proof 1]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

29 x 24 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.603
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 1]

Artwork history & notes

You may be interested in