|Rebus, 1955, Robert Rauschenberg,|
|Black Square, 1915,|
|Rauschenberg poses with some of his imposing "white paintings" sometime during the early 1950s. |
(The color photo, by the way, is by Chuck Close.)
|Untitled [glossy black painting], 1951, Robert Rauschenberg|
|Rauschenberg not only erased de Kooning’s work, but also |
exhibited the “erasure” as his own work of art. He thus
raised the question, had he destroyed a work of art, or
created a new work of his own? Perhaps both? If so, Why?
|Not the erased drawing by |
de Kooning but probably on
|Estate, 1963, Robert Rauschenberg|
|Monogram, 1955-59, Robert Rauschenberg, mixed media |
with taxidermy goat, rubber tire and tennis ball.
|Monogram (detail from above).|
|Bed, 1955, Robert |