Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Rose Wrench (Salvage)

Details
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Rose Wrench (Salvage)
signed and dated 'Rauschenberg 84' (lower edge)
acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
63 1/2 x 80 1/2 in. (161.2 x 204.4 cm.)
Executed in 1984.
Provenance
Blum Helman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Sale Room Notice
Please note the correct title is Rose Wrench (Salvage).

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Lot Essay

"The use of the familiar is obscure, the use of the exotic is familiar. Neither sacrifices completely its origin but the mind has to travel to follow just as the eye has to change focus. In the end a viewed painting has been an invitation not a command" (R. Rauschenberg, 'Öyvind Fahlström (1961)', Art and Literature 3 (1964), p. 214).

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