Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg

1925 - 2008

Fifth Force (Italy)

incised with the artist's signature and stamped with the artist's initials, dated '86 and numbered 12/25 (at the lower right edge of the bronze element)

the multiple, comprising cast bronze with acrylic paint, Xerox transfer on silk with waxed thread and painted shot

overall approx.: 83¼ by 15 by 45 in. (211.5 by 38.1 by 114.3 cm.)

Executed in 1986; this example is number 12 from the edition of 25 of which only 12 were realized, plus ten artist's proofs, with the stamp of the publisher, Graphicstudio.

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