Provenance

Lewis Baltz, Sausalito, CA; David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA, 2014; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on first panel: on verso, signed by artist, lower center in black ink on applied label: L.B; lower center printed in black ink on applied label: LEWIS BALTZ / POLITICS OF BACTERIA, 1995 / 41 X 8-FOOT INSTALLATION / EDITION #2 OF 3; bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: galleryluisotti / at Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue number a2 Santa Monica, California 90404 / Lewis Baltz / Politics of Bacteria [italicized], 1995 / From Sites of Technology, The Trilogy [italicized], 1989-95 / Installation of 12 Cibachrome prints, / each mounted to Dibond / Edition # 2 of 3 / Panel 1 of 12 / 72 x 39 15/16 inches;
on second panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 2 of 12 / 72 x 47 1/2 inches;
on third panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 3 of 12 / 36 x 44 5/16 inches;
on fourth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 4 of 12 / 36 x 44 5/16 inches;
on fifth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 5 of 12 / 72 x 18 3/8 inches;
on sixth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 6 of 12 / 86 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches;
on seventh panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 7 of 12 / 43 3/16 x 65 1/4 inches;
on eighth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 8 of 12 / 43 3/16 x 65 1/4 inches;
on ninth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 9 of 12 / 72 x 38 5/16 inches;
on tenth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Edition # 2 of 3 / Panel 10 of 12 / 72 x 25 inches;
on eleventh panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 11 of 12 / 72 x 28 3/16 inches;
on twelfth panel: on verso, bottom right Gallery Luisotti label printed in black ink: Panel 12 of 12 / 72 x 45 1/8 inches