Lot 265
  • 265

Robert Rauschenberg

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Rauschenberg
  • Portrait of Ethel Scull
  • signed, titled and dated 1962 on the reverse
  • gouache, graphite and solvent transfer on paper mounted on masonite
  • 58 5/8 by 46 1/2 in. 148.9 by 118.1 cm.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Robert and Ethel Scull, New York
By descent to the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, The Jewish Museum, Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective of Works from 1949-1963, March - May 1963, cat. no. 54, n.p., illustrated
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Robert & Ethel Scull: Portrait of a Collection, April - May 2010, pp. 18 and 204, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the collaged sheets are deckled and have yellowed slightly with age. There are scattered smudges and handling marks which appear to be inherent to the artist's working method. The paper is laid down to the masonite. Framed under Plexiglas. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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