WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ILEANA SONNABEND AND THE ESTATE OF NINA CASTELLI SUNDELL

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Sacred / Universal No. 7/3 Times (Cardboard)

Details

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Sacred / Universal No. 7/3 Times (Cardboard)
cardboard and tape on plywood
59 ½ x 64 ½ x 7 ½ in. (151.1 x 163.8 x 19 cm.)
Executed in 1971.

Provenance

The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent to the present owner

Literature

Y. Bois, Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and related Pieces, exh. cat., Houston, Menil Foundation, 2007, p. 96, no. 23 (illustrated).
Y. Bois, “Pause: Les Cardboard Pieces de Robert Rauschenberg,” Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art Moderne: Été 2009, No. 108, pp. 50-67 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Saint Étienne, Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Rauschenberg, January-February 1974, n.p. (illustrated).

Lot Essay

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity. – Robert Rauschenberg

Sacred / Universal No. 7/3 Times (Cardboard)

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