Seconals, Splinters

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Ed Ruscha

Title

Seconals, Splinters

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1976

Medium

Gunpowder, brush and red watercolor, and yellow pastel, on white wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed, dated, and inscribed, verso, lower left to right, in blue ballpoint pen: ""SECONALS, SPLINTERS" Edward Ruscha 1976 "Seconals, Splinters""; lower left corner, in graphite (in another hand): "D-452"

Dimensions

72.5 × 100.1 cm (28 9/16 × 39 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Horwich

Reference Number

1980.85

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