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Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)
Levee
Details
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)
Levee
oil, paper collage, printed paper collage, fabric and necktie on canvas laid down on Masonite, in artist's strip frame
56 ¼ x 43 ¼ (142.8 x 110 cm.)
Executed in 1955
Levee
oil, paper collage, printed paper collage, fabric and necktie on canvas laid down on Masonite, in artist's strip frame
56 ¼ x 43 ¼ (142.8 x 110 cm.)
Executed in 1955
Provenance
Lois Long, New York (by 1967).
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above).
François de Menil, New York (acquired from the above, 1979).
Gagosian Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002.
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above).
François de Menil, New York (acquired from the above, 1979).
Gagosian Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002.
Literature
L.S. Wainwright, Reading Junk: Thematic Imagery in the Art of Robert Rauschenberg from 1952 to 1964, Ph.D. Diss., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1993, pp. 43 and 148-149 (illustrated, p. 330, fig. 102).
L. Steinberg, Encounters with Rauschenberg (A Lavishly Illustrated Lecture), Chicago, 2000, p. 27 (illustrated in color, fig. 19).
B.W. Joseph, Random Order: Robert Rauschenberg and the Neo-Avant-Garde, Cambridge, 2003, p. 334.
J. Pissarro, Cézanne/Pissarro, Johns/Rauschenberg: Comparative Studies on Intersubjectivity in Modern Art, New York, 2006, p. 50.
G. Mercurio, ed., Robert Rauschenberg, Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome, 2008, p. 123 (illustrated in color).
B. Marchand, ed., Robert Rauschenberg: Crítica e obra de 1949 a 1974, Porto, 2008, p. 100.
C. Lanchner, Robert Rauschenberg, New York, 2009, p. 23 (illustrated in color, fig. 8).
W. Hopps, The Dream Colony: A Life in Art, New York, 2017, p. 246.
L. Steinberg, Modern Art: Selected Essays, Chicago, 2023, p. 198.
L. Steinberg, Encounters with Rauschenberg (A Lavishly Illustrated Lecture), Chicago, 2000, p. 27 (illustrated in color, fig. 19).
B.W. Joseph, Random Order: Robert Rauschenberg and the Neo-Avant-Garde, Cambridge, 2003, p. 334.
J. Pissarro, Cézanne/Pissarro, Johns/Rauschenberg: Comparative Studies on Intersubjectivity in Modern Art, New York, 2006, p. 50.
G. Mercurio, ed., Robert Rauschenberg, Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome, 2008, p. 123 (illustrated in color).
B. Marchand, ed., Robert Rauschenberg: Crítica e obra de 1949 a 1974, Porto, 2008, p. 100.
C. Lanchner, Robert Rauschenberg, New York, 2009, p. 23 (illustrated in color, fig. 8).
W. Hopps, The Dream Colony: A Life in Art, New York, 2017, p. 246.
L. Steinberg, Modern Art: Selected Essays, Chicago, 2023, p. 198.
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: Richard Artschwager, Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain, Nassos Daphnis, Edward Higgins, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, Larry Poons, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Salvatore Scarpitta, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, February 1967 (illustrated; dated 1956 and titled Untitled).
Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution; New York, The Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Rauschenberg, October 1976-January 1978, pp. IX and 89, no. 44 (illustrated in color, p. VIII; illustrated again, p. 89).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Amerikanische Malerei: 1930-1980, November 1981-January 1982, p. 187, no. 206 (illustrated, p. 186).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, The Menil Collection; Cologne, Museum Ludwig and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, September 1997-March 1999, p. 118, no. 87.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Robert Rauschenberg: Combines, December 2005-May 2007, pp. 45 and 291 (illustrated in color, p. 45, pl. 27).
Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution; New York, The Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Rauschenberg, October 1976-January 1978, pp. IX and 89, no. 44 (illustrated in color, p. VIII; illustrated again, p. 89).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Amerikanische Malerei: 1930-1980, November 1981-January 1982, p. 187, no. 206 (illustrated, p. 186).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, The Menil Collection; Cologne, Museum Ludwig and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, September 1997-March 1999, p. 118, no. 87.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Robert Rauschenberg: Combines, December 2005-May 2007, pp. 45 and 291 (illustrated in color, p. 45, pl. 27).
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