A folded brown paper sheet torn at the bottom center revealing a small insect attached.

Drawings

Insect Eating Paper

1960

Medium
Collage and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (28.3 × 27 cm)
Accession number
2005.62
Acquired
2005
Credit line
Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President
Reproduction credit
© Ed Ruscha
Department
collection

About this work

Edward Ruscha, Insect Eating Paper, 1960. Collage and watercolor on paper, sheet (Irregular): 11 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (28.3 × 27 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2005.62. © Ed Ruscha

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