ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG | Spring Menagerie (Runts)

PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008 

New York, PaceWildenstein, Robert Rauschenberg: Runts, January - February 2008

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling along the edges. The sheet has slightly discolored with age. There are scattered media accretions throughout that appear inherent to the artist’s working method and from the time of execution. Framed under Plexiglas. Please note this work was not inspected under Ultraviolet light.
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“Rauschenberg began to experiment with water-based transfers of digital images printed on a large-format inkjet printer. The technology enabled him to funnel his immense and always growing stock of photographs directly into his work. Gathered over decades of travel, his photographs typically captured ordinary sights of little interest to most people…[Asked] why he liked mundane imagery, he replied, ‘It is overlooked. Most artists try to break your heart or they accidentally break their own hearts. I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.’” Sarah Roberts in: Exh. Cat., London, Tate Modern, Robert Rauschenberg, 2016, p. 378