Ruth Root

Untitled

2001

Large abstract composition of overlapping pink, gray, brown, and purple geometric shapes with white squares.
Large abstract composition of overlapping pink, gray, brown, and purple geometric shapes with white squares.

Ruth Root, Untitled, 2001. Screenprint on hand-cut self-adhesive paper, sheet (irregular): 29 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (74.9 × 54.6 cm) Image (irregular): 29 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (74.9 × 54.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund 2012.148.6. © Ruth Root

Recto

Not on view

Date
2001

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint on hand-cut self-adhesive paper

Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 29 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (74.9 × 54.6 cm) Image (irregular): 29 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (74.9 × 54.6 cm)

Accession number
2012.148.6

Edition
1/50

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Ruth Root

API
artworks/42006

Part of a series:
Two O O One: Exit Art Portfolio 2001
9 works

Abstract colorful doodble with intertwined shapes, bold black outlines, and pastel yellow and pink areas.
Multiple round faces with varied expressions floating on a bright blue background.
A small horizontal glowing rectangular light appears in the center of a large black frame.
Blurry silhouette of a person walking across a grainy background between vertical black bars.
Typed instructions titled "again and again" listing seven steps for silkscreen printing and cleanup.
Blue human silhouette with four arms speckled like stars holding a red ribbon.
A large blue swirling vortex framed by curved metallic architectural structures.
Large abstract composition of overlapping pink, gray, brown, and purple geometric shapes with white squares.
A row of colorful ice fishing huts sits on a wide frozen lake under a pale blue sky.


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