Accident

1963

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

Universal Limited Art Editions

Printer

Robert Blackburn

Printer, American, 1920 - 2003

Zigmunds Priede

Printer, American, born Latvia, 1935-2024

The image features bold, sweeping brushstrokes and fragmented shapes that create movement throughout the composition. This abstract artwork includes a white diagonal line cutting through dark forms. The arrangement of black forms and smudges might evoke storm clouds or a seascape, while scattered rectangular patches could suggest windows or screens. Faint printed imagery and text are visible within the layers.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Dimensions

    image: 96.3 × 69.1 cm (37 15/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 104.4 × 74.9 cm (41 1/8 × 29 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.56.129

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1970, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.; acquired 1976 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2016-2017, no. 124.

Bibliography

1970

  • Foster, Edward A. Robert Rauschenberg: Prints 1948/1970. Minnesota: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970, no. 12.

Inscriptions

"Accident 10/29 Rauschenberg 1963" lower right margin, graphite.

Markings

"ULAE" chop, lower left margin.

Watermarks

"RIVES" lower left margin.

Wikidata ID

Q65576815

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