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ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG | Chaperone (Urban Bourbon)
估價
300,000 - 500,000 EUR
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描述
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Chaperone (Urban Bourbon)
- signed and dated 88
- 216 x 122 cm (chaque); 216 x 366 cm (ensemble); 85 x 48 in (each); 85 x 144 in. (ensemble)
acrylic on enameled aluminum (triptych)Executed in 1988.
來源
Knoedler & Co. Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
展覽
New York, M. Knoedler, Robert Rauschenberg: Shiners, Gluts, Urban Bourbons, 5 November - 1 December 1988
Vence, Galerie Beaubourg, Pour la Galerie, 16 December 1995 - 30 March 1996
Vence, Galerie Beaubourg, Pour la Galerie, 16 December 1995 - 30 March 1996
出版
Pierre Nahon, L'Histoire de la Galerie Beaubourg I 1936-1988, Paris, 2009, p. 67, illustrated in colour
Pierre et Marianne Nahon, Dictionnaire amoureux illustré de l'Art moderne et contemporain, Paris, 2018, p. 280-281, illustrated in colour
Pierre et Marianne Nahon, Dictionnaire amoureux illustré de l'Art moderne et contemporain, Paris, 2018, p. 280-281, illustrated in colour
Condition
The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper in the original work. Under very close inspection faint handling marks are visible on the surface. This work is in very good condition.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
The iconography of Rauschenberg's paintings seems to go back in time and consciousness, memory after memory.
William Rubin Emblematic work of the famous Urban Bourbon series created by Robert Rauschenberg between 1988 and 1996, Chaperone brilliantly illustrates if not only for its exceptional format but also for its expressionist and pop composition as well as its admirable palette of colors enhanced by the use of one of the artist's favorite techniques: the transfer of photographic image on metal, and more specifically, on monumental anodized, polished and varnished aluminum plates, which makes the work so hypnotic.
Rauschenberg has always sought to abolish the frontiers between art and life. Starting in the early 50s, and with his White Paintings in particular, he never stopped questioning the sacrosanct principle of self-expression to create a body of work that reflected the world rather than the personality of a demiurgic artist. While for Jaspers Johns, friend of Rauschenberg, the author of Chaperone is one of the most inventive artists of the 20th century since Picasso, for historian Leo Steinberg "what he invented before all is a pictorial surface open to the world."
Passionate of photography, Rauschenberg hesitated at first between a career as a painter or photographer. With Chaperone, the artist reconciles his two aspirations and created a work that positioned him as a commentator of his society, which he relentlessly documented through images he transcribed in a quite pictorial manner. In Chaperone, the artist confronts not only painting but also photography, advocating for a total art and drawing more and more subtle relationships between abstraction and figuration.
Fine combination of mechanical and craft process, since photography here is mixed with acrylic painting on metal in the pure action painting tradition, Chaperone represents a crucial step toward understanding the approach of this polymath and pioneer artist who profoundly marked the art of the 20th century.
William Rubin Emblematic work of the famous Urban Bourbon series created by Robert Rauschenberg between 1988 and 1996, Chaperone brilliantly illustrates if not only for its exceptional format but also for its expressionist and pop composition as well as its admirable palette of colors enhanced by the use of one of the artist's favorite techniques: the transfer of photographic image on metal, and more specifically, on monumental anodized, polished and varnished aluminum plates, which makes the work so hypnotic.
Rauschenberg has always sought to abolish the frontiers between art and life. Starting in the early 50s, and with his White Paintings in particular, he never stopped questioning the sacrosanct principle of self-expression to create a body of work that reflected the world rather than the personality of a demiurgic artist. While for Jaspers Johns, friend of Rauschenberg, the author of Chaperone is one of the most inventive artists of the 20th century since Picasso, for historian Leo Steinberg "what he invented before all is a pictorial surface open to the world."
Passionate of photography, Rauschenberg hesitated at first between a career as a painter or photographer. With Chaperone, the artist reconciles his two aspirations and created a work that positioned him as a commentator of his society, which he relentlessly documented through images he transcribed in a quite pictorial manner. In Chaperone, the artist confronts not only painting but also photography, advocating for a total art and drawing more and more subtle relationships between abstraction and figuration.
Fine combination of mechanical and craft process, since photography here is mixed with acrylic painting on metal in the pure action painting tradition, Chaperone represents a crucial step toward understanding the approach of this polymath and pioneer artist who profoundly marked the art of the 20th century.