Features 62 from Currents

1970

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

Styria Studio

Printer

Castelli Graphics

Publisher

This is a collage of newspaper clippings. The image features various headlines and photographs from newspapers arranged in a seeming haphazard manner. The clippings cover topics such as murders, political news, and events involving public protests. One headline reads "NEW RITUAL SLAYINGS Three Die in Tate-Like Murders." There is a large photograph of a man's face looking directly at the viewer. The artwork is in the style of Andy Warhol, capturing the essence of pop culture and media-focused art.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    one from a series of 26 screenprints on Aqua B 844 wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lawrence Zicklin

  • Dimensions

    image: 89 x 89 cm (35 1/16 x 35 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 101.4 x 101.4 cm (39 15/16 x 39 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.75.1.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1970, no. 133

Associated Artworks

See all 26 artworks

Features 55 from Currents

Robert Rauschenberg, Styria Studio, Dayton's Gallery 12, Castelli Graphics

1970

Features from Currents

Robert Rauschenberg, Styria Studio, Dayton's Gallery 12, Castelli Graphics

1970

Features 56 from Currents

Robert Rauschenberg, Styria Studio, Dayton's Gallery 12, Castelli Graphics

1970


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lawrence Zicklin, New York; acquired 1985 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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

2012

  • Art and the Newspaper, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, 2012

Bibliography

1970

  • Foster, Edward A. Robert Rauschenberg: Prints 1948/1970. Minnesota: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970, no. 133.

Inscriptions

"Rauschenberg 23/50 70" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "R 1588" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q74070908

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