Capitol

1975

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

Charles Ritt

Edition Production, American, active late 20th century

Sidney B. Felsen

Edition Production, American, 1924 - 2024

Robert Petersen

Edition Production, American, active late 20th century

Sarabhai Family

Edition Production, Indian, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

This is a photograph of a mixed-media artwork with a textured brown surface and a fabric element. The image features a large, roughly rectangular, textured brown surface with a fibrous or natural material quality. In the center of this brown form, there is a square cut-out revealing layered fabric in white, blue, and yellow. To the right side, a section of colorful fabric extends outward with yellow, white, and blue stripes, supported by a wooden dowel or rod at the top.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    rag-mud with glass, copper-reinforced teakwood, bamboo, string, and silk

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    overall: 86.4 x 135.9 x 10.2 cm (34 x 53 1/2 x 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.83

  • Series Title

    Bones and Unions

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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, no. 42.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 641.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 41.103. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right verso in black ink: Rauschenberg Gemini II / 75

Wikidata ID

Q63861056

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