Lot 92
  • 92

Robert Rauschenberg

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Rauschenberg
  • High Trimmer (Shales)
  • signed and dated 94
  • solvent transfer and fire wax on canvas
  • 39 by 28 1/8 in. 99.1 by 71.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work was made in collaboration with Saff Tech Arts, Oxford, Maryland.

Provenance

Private Collection, Maryland
Eckert Fine Art, Naples
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999

Exhibited

New York, Knoedler & Company, Robert Rauschenberg: Shales, September - October  1994

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas is stretched over wood panel. There are some minor irregularities noted to the wax medium including some air bubbles and a few areas with minor lifting, likely inherent to the artist's choice of materials. There are some fine, linear cracks to the wax running horizontally intermittently throughout the composition. Framed.
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