Robert Rauschenberg

Opal Gospel

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The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Collection

Robert Rauschenberg

1925 - 2008

Opal Gospel

each with the artist's incised signature, dated and numbered 129/230; also incised on the stainless steel cover with the artist's signature, dated and numbered 129/230

the multiple, comprising ten screenprints in colors on movable acrylic panels with metal fixings, together with the original Lucite base and screenprinted stainless steel cover

panels: 18 by 20 in. 457 by 509 mm.

overall: 20 ⅝ by 22 ⅝ by 6 ⅝ in. 525 by 576 by 170 mm.

Executed in 1971, this work is number 129 from the edition of 230 plus 15 artist's proofs, published by Racolin Press.

(10 prints)

This work, among Robert Rauschenberg’s most recognizable multiples, comprises a three-dimensional sequence of screenprints on transparent acrylic panels conveying Native American stories, songs, poems and found imagery including:

You Whose Day (Nootka)

In the Sky (Chippewa)

Tsegihi House Made (Navajo)

A Loon I (Chippewa)

Ajaja-Aja-Jaja (Iglulik)

Let Us See (Pawnee)

Oh I am (Chippewa)

You Will Recover (Chippewa)

When the Earth (Apache)

Earth When It (Apache)