Ed Ruscha: Documenta 5
This poster was produced in 1972, in conjunction with Documenta 5 in Kassel, Germany, curated by Harald Szeemann. It features a playful image by participating artist Ed Ruscha showing flies forming the exhibition title on a brilliant orange ground. (At the time he produced this image, Ruscha was also working on the Insects portfolio of silkscreen prints, which depict a variety of bugs in different configurations.) The numerical portion of this design was also used on the cover of the binder-format catalogue for international presentation, titled Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute (Questioning Reality—Pictorial Worlds Today).
Publisher: Documenta, Kassel, Germany
Year: 1972
Dimensions: Unframed: 33 5/8 × 23 5/8 inches (90.4 × 60 cm); Framed: 36 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (92 × 66 × 3.8 cm)
Framed: Sold framed
