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Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Untitled , 1954 (Executed)
Lot #71 |
2020-07-10 |
Christie's, New York
ONE: A Global Sale of the 20th Century
Category:
Combine
Estimate:
USD 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 19657
Auction name: ONE: A Global Sale of the 20th Century
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2020-07-10
End date: 2020-07-10
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 1 ½ in. (25.6 x 20.1 x 3.9 cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
25.6
Width In Centimeters:
20.1
Depth In Centimeters:
3.9
Height In Inches:
10
Width In Inches:
7.875
Depth In Inches:
1.5
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Year notes: Executed in 1954.
Provenance
Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> John Goodwin, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1955<br> <br> Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 2 October 1980, lot 65<br> <br> Ira Young, Vancouver<br> <br> Cohen Gallery, New York<br> <br> Richard and Francine Shapiro, Los Angeles, 1996<br> <br> Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 9 November 1999, lot 543<br> <br> Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, Seattle<br> <br> Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Exhibited<br> <br> <br> <br> New York, Egan Gallery,<br> <br> Robert Rauschenberg<br> <br> , December 1954-January 1955.<br> <br> New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, Menil Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts,<br> <br> Robert Rauschenberg<br> <br> , September 1997-May 1998, p. 102, no. 70 (illustrated in color).<br> <br> Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Seattle Art Museum,<br> <br> Twentieth-Century American Art: The Ebsworth Collection<br> <br> , March-November 2000, pp. 210-213 and 294, no. 54 (illustrated in color).<br> <br> Seattle Art Museum,<br> <br> Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78<br> <br> , June-September 2009, pp. 56 and 149 (illustrated in color).
Literature
Literature<br> <br> <br> <br> B. W. Joseph,<br> <br> Random Order: Robert Rauschenberg and the Neo-Avant-Garde<br> <br> , Cambridge, 2003, p. 147 (illustrated).<br> <br> <br> Robert Rauschenberg: Combines<br> <br> , exh. cat., New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005, pp. 32 and 289, pl. 18 (illustrated in color).
Catalog summary
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Untitled signed 'RAUSCHENBERG' (on the reverse) combine—oil, wood, fabric, printed paper, paper, acetate, paint tubes, glass and graphite on canvas and wood 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 1 ½ in. (25.6 x 20.1 x 3.9 cm.) Executed in 1954.