Booster

1967

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

Kenneth Tyler

Printer, American, born 1931

Robert Bigelow

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image contains a variety of geometric shapes, grids, and organic forms. A blue chair silhouette is at the top, contrasting with gray-scale abstract shapes below. The shapes resemble skeletal structures, possibly hinting at an x-ray image. There are abstract lines, curves, and radial patterns in the background. Red lines form a grid-like pattern in the middle section. Textures and forms suggest gears, dials, or machinery parts. The composition blends abstract and recognizable elements in a complex way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph and screenprint on Curtis Domestic Rag wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Maclyn E. Wade

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 183 x 90.3 cm (72 1/16 x 35 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.92.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1970, no. 47

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Maclyn E. Wade, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1978 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; University of Iowa Art Museum, Iowa City, 1981.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

1984

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Yonago City Museum, Japan; Machida City Museum of Graphics Art, Japan, 1984-1989, pp. 48-49, no. 4.

2001

  • Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002.

2007

  • Let the World In: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg from the National Gallery of Art and Related Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007-2008.

2014

  • Face Value: Portraiture in the Age of Abstraction, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2014, no. 9.

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. 125.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 32.

1970

  • Foster, Edward A. Robert Rauschenberg: Prints 1948/1970. Minnesota: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970, no. 47.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 41.9. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Rauschenberg AP XII 67; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RR67-106

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q65576905

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