Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Dockage (Shiner)

Details

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Dockage (Shiner)
signed and dated 'RAUSCHENBERG 87' (lower right)
acrylic and metal collage on steel
48 5/8 x 48 5/8 in. (123.5 x 123.5 cm.)
Executed in 1987.

Provenance

Solomon & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1987

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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.”
-Robert Rauschenberg

Dockage (Shiner)

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