Edward Ruscha

Despair And Disgust
1985

A digital artwork featuring a dark blue background with a circular white light trail resembling a skywriting effect. The words "DESPAIR AND" are written along the light trail, with "DESPAIR" appearing more prominently and "AND" fading into the distance. The word "DESPAIR" is also reflected in reverse above the main text, creating a symmetrical visual effect. The bottom right corner contains a signature and date.

A digital artwork featuring a dark blue background with a circular white light trail resembling a skywriting effect. The words "DESPAIR AND" are written along the light trail, with "DESPAIR" appearing more prominently and "AND" fading into the distance. The word "DESPAIR" is also reflected in reverse above the main text, creating a symmetrical visual effect. The bottom right corner contains a signature and date.

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Date
1985

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Dry pigment and acrylic on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 40 1/8 × 60in. (101.9 × 152.4 cm)

Accession number
2005.54

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© Ed Ruscha

API
artworks/18099

Exhibitions

Cotton puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha

June 23–Sept 26, 2004

Edward Ruscha
563 works in the collection

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