Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925)

Canary Frostbite

Details

Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925)
Canary Frostbite
signed and dated 'Rauschenberg 88' (lower left)
acrylic on enameled aluminum
47¼ x 109¼ in. (123.8 x 277.2 cm.)
Painted in 1988

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., New York.

Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Rauschenberg: Shiners, Gluts, Urban Bourbons, November-December 1988, no. 3 (illustrated in color).

Lot Essay

In the 1984, Rauschenberg formed the ROCI project (Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange), in which the artist traveled and created works related to and inspired by the visited country. Canary Frostbite is from the "Urban Bourbons" series of large-scale paintings on aluminum inspired by his ROCI/Cuba project. They are marked by the juxtaposition of silkscreened images of Rauschenberg's own photographs with bright fields of color.

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