Chronosaur

started 1992, published 1993

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

James Reid

Printer, American, born 1948

Stephanie Wagner

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays rough, overlapping shapes and lines with smudges of red, grey, and purple paint in the background. Two cartoonish dinosaur figures with clocks on their chests stand on a tiled roof pattern. The dinosaurs have prominent teeth and circular eyes, resembling playful toy versions or children's book illustrations. The artwork merges the recognizable and the abstract with an energetic and dynamic feel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Georges Duchêne Mais handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 103.82 × 66.99 cm (40 7/8 × 26 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.54.103

  • Series Title

    Double Feature

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1588.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 41.207. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Rauschenberg SP 1/6 93; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: RR92-1326

Markings

embossed lower center: © 1993 R. R. & [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q77259864

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