Sale 1970
New York
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1 April 2008
Price realised
USD 43,000
Estimate
Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) Photem Series 1 #29 signed, titled and dated 'RAUSCHENBERG 81 PHOTEM SERIES I #29' (on the reverse) gelatin silver print collage on board mounted on shaped aluminum 48 x 23 in. (121.9 x 58.4 cm.) Executed in 1981.
Provenance
Galería Weber, Alexander Y Cobo, Madrid
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Exhibited
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Photems, March-April 1981. Dallas, Allen Street Gallery, Photems, Series I, September-October 1984. Madrid, Galería Cobo y Alexander, Photems/Photographs, February-April 1993, p. 40 (illustrated in color).
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