One of the most influential American artists of the 20th century, Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) pioneered the radical blending of materials and methods within his paintings, paving the way for the Pop art movement and later generations. By incorporating newspapers and other mass media, debris and objects found on New York City streets, his works abolished the boundaries between painting and sculpture (both were present in a single work) and engaged in dialogue with viewers and the surrounding world. Trained at the Kansas City Art Institue, the Académie Julien in Paris and Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Rauschenberg moved to New York in 1950 as Abstract Expressionism was reaching maturity. After two monochromatic series in 1951, his “Red Paintings” (53–54) initiated the addition of nails, newsprint and wood to the canvas, tranforming it into a complex surface. As the artist’s found sculptural elements grew larger, Rauschenberg’s paintings became known as “Combines,” The Bed (1955) being his most famous. Starting in the late 1950s, his “Combines” incorporated sound and motors, as in Broadcast (1959), along with silkscreen tranfers, as in Retroactive (1964). Starting in 1970, Rauschenberg based himself on Captiva Island, Florida. His paintings expanded in scale and use of color, culminating in The ¼ Mile or 2 Furlong Piece (1981–98). Forever experimenting, Rauschenberg printed his images on textiles and transferred them onto reflective metals; he also embraced Iris digital Iris prints and the use of biodegradable dyes for his transfers in the 1990s

Robert Rauschenberg

American Indian, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Robert+Rauschenberg&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Rauschenberg</a>, 2000.<ul><li>Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008).</li><li>Archival pigment print on Concord Rag paper.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Edition 61/100.</li><li>Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, New York.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> American Indian is an archival pigment print on Concord Rag paper by American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008), dated 2000, edition 61/100. The work layers photographic imagery in Rauschenberg's signature combine approach: a monumental weathered-bronze sculptural Native American head overlooks a red pickup truck and a basketball hoop, unified by gestural passages of red, black, and teal wash that blur the boundary between document and abstraction.

American Indian

Features from Currents, #57, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Robert+Rauschenberg&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Rauschenberg</a>, 1970.<ul><li>Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008).</li><li>Hand-printed screenprint on Aqua B 844 paper.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Edition 28/50.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Features from Currents, #57

Pre-Morocco, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Robert+Rauschenberg&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Rauschenberg</a>, 1983.<ul><li>Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008).</li><li>Lithograph on BFK Rives paper.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Edition 17/250.</li><li>Printed by ULAE, NY.</li><li>Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> An assemblage-style Pop Art lithograph by American artist Robert Rauschenberg. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated following purchase.

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