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Drawings for Dante's 700 Birthday, I.B.

1965

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names

Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

The image shows a composition of rectangular and circular shapes, consisting of black and white photographs layered over each other with red, green, and blue colors. It includes clippings of objects, figures, vintage cars, newspaper headlines, and a mushroom cloud resembling a nuclear explosion. Other imagery includes faces, crowds, and text fragments interspersed throughout the collage, creating a complex tapestry of visual elements blending familiar with abstract.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and gouache with screenprint on Strathmore illustration board
Credit Line

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

overall: 38.2 x 80 cm (15 1/16 x 31 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1976.56.193

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1981

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

2001

A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 107b, as Drawings For Dante's 700 Birthday, II.B..

Bibliography

2001

A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 107b.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: 1965 DRAWINGS FOR DANTE'S 700 BIRTHDAY RAUSCHENBERG I.B.

Wikidata ID

Q64629072

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