Lot 208
  • 208

Robert Rauschenberg

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Rauschenberg
  • Rush 12 (Cloister Series)
  • signed, titled and dated 80 on the reverse
  • solvent transfer, fabric and paper on wood
  • 97 3/8 by 74 1/2 in. 246 by 189 cm.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 829)
Private Collection
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, May 10, 2000, lot 685
Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Columbus

Exhibited

Venice, California, Ace Gallery; Vancouver, Ace Gallery, Rauschenberg: Paintings, September 1980
San Diego Museum of Art, Insight: Selections from San Diego Private Collections, April - June 1983
New York, Friedman Benda Gallery, Other than Beauty, May - July 2010

Literature

Robert Rosenblum, "Art: Contemporary Collage, Masterful Arrangements of Mixed Media," Architectural Digest, May 1995, p. 165, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The top and bottom edges of the two sheets in the center of the work are deckled. There are some dirt accretions along the bottom border, including a spot where the white and red striped fabric has yellowed slightly. There are other light, scattered accretions on the paper. Framed in a Plexiglas box.
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