Altar Peace/ROCI MEXICO

1985

Robert Rauschenberg

Associated Names
Robert Rauschenberg

Artist, American, 1925 - 2008

The image features two main elements: an upper section with intertwined serpentine shapes made of colorful, reflective squares and a lower framed section containing an abstract collage. The serpentine shapes loop and twist, consisting of alternating segments of different colors and patterns. Below, the collage includes various textures and colors, such as a red section, a green skull-like shape, and grayscale domed structures resembling a cityscape or historical monument. The overall scene combines abstract and recognizable forms into a complex artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic on canvas with aluminum frame plus object of aluminum and tin

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall installed ("snake" above framed panel): 320 x 228.6 x 61 cm (126 x 90 x 24 in.)
    overall (framed panel): 187.3 x 229.9 x 14 cm (73 3/4 x 90 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.76.1.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1997

  • Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Menil Collection, Houston; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; 1997-1999, no. 393, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20197892

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