Lot 281
  • 281

Robert Rauschenberg

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Rauschenberg
  • In Blue of Hunt (Shales)
  • signed and dated 94
  • fire wax and transfer on canvas in painted aluminum frame
  • 49 1/4 by 37 1/4 in. 125.1 by 94.6 cm.

Provenance

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami
Private Collection, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Knoedler & Co., Robert Rauschenberg: Shales, September - October 1994
Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon, Robert Rauschenberg, Shale Series, February - March 1995
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Robert Rauschenberg: Shales, September - November 1997, n.p., illustrated in color
Boca Raton, Rosenbaum/Contemporary, Pop Art, December 2004 - January 2005

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges of the work. There are networks of scattered hairline craquelure throughout the white background, which are visible in the catalogue illustration. Framed.
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