Bubba's Sister

1999

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

Brian Berry

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Doug Bennett

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Nancy Mesenbourg

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image is a collage of multiple sepia-toned and blue-tinted photographs showing various people. In the upper left, there's a sepia photograph of a smiling girl shown from the waist up, wearing a dress with wavy hair. Below her, a sepia image displays a young girl in a short dress standing next to a boy, both dressed in casual clothing, with foliage in the background. In the upper center, there's a blue-tinted image of a woman wearing a gown and a tiara, holding flowers, posing with her body slightly turned to the side and smiling over her shoulder. On the right side, another blue-tinted photograph shows a woman with a smooth pulled-back hairstyle, head and shoulders visible, wearing a dark top with a light-colored collar, posed with a young child who is facing forward, mostly showing their upper body. The background of the collage is a plain off-white color with some spots and splash patterns around the photographs, and there is writing on the bottom left of the image, including the signature "RAUSCHENBERG" and the numbers "8/46 90".
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color photogravure on J. Barcham Green wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 58.4 x 78.7 cm (23 x 31 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.42.3

  • Series Title

    Ruminations


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York; acquired 2002 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: RAUSCHENBERG 8/46 99

Wikidata ID

Q76356470

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