American Pewter with Burroughs II

1981

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Christine Fox

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image is a collage of square and rectangular segments featuring various scenes and objects. It includes vertical lines, circular cutouts, a man climbing a structure, pipes connected to silhouettes labeled "HOT" and "COLD," circular lights forming the word "OPEN," a textured circular shape, side profiles of classical bust sculptures, and a grazing antelope in the left corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph with embossing on J. Barcham Green Crisbrook wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 80.3 x 59.5 cm (31 5/8 x 23 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.74.109

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gemini G.E.L.: American Master Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, 1990.

1992

  • Master Prints from Gemini G.E.L., National Lending Service, Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; Midland Center for the Arts, Texas; Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas; Art Institute for the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas; Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida; Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Augustana College Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois; St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1992-1997

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 947.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 41.134. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Rauschenberg NGA 81; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RR81-1014

Markings

embossed center right: Green Is A Man / To Fill Is A Boy. / Bill Burroughs; embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Watermarks

JBG 1980

Wikidata ID

Q74881701

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