Robert Rauschenberg
(1925-2008)
"Currents" exhibition poster for Dayton's Gallery 12, Minneapolis, 1970
Offset lithograph paper
From the poster edition, only 100 of which were pencil signed
Signed and dated in pencil at the lower right: Rauschenberg

    Provenance:
  • Sold: Swann Auction Galleries, New York, NY, "Contemporary Art," May 16, 2019, Lot 162
  • Dimensions:
  • Image/Sheet: 35.25" H x 30.5" W
  • Artist Name:
  • Robert Rauschenberg
  • Literature:
  • Foster 153
  • Medium:
  • Offset lithograph paper
  • Notes:
  • According to the Rauschenberg Foundation website, "'Currents' is comprised of four related groups of works that utilize the same imagery based on headlines, texts, and photographs found in both mainstream and counterculture U.S. newspapers, including: the 'New York Times,' 'Los Angeles Times,' and 'Berkeley Barb,' among others. 'Study for Currents' are the original collages that served as the source for the editioned prints in the series. 'Features (from Currents)' and 'Surface Series (from Currents)' are screenprints that were published by Dayton's Gallery 12, Minneapolis, and Castelli Graphics, New York. All thirty-six original collages were reproduced in another editioned work, a fifty-four foot print also entitled 'Currents.'" The lot offered here is the offset lithographic poster made to publicize the 1970 exhibition of these works.
  • Condition:
  • Overall good condition. The full sheet. A minor 1.5" diagonal crease in the upper right corner. The sheet is framed floating and mounted to the back mat. Not examined out of the frame.

    Framed under Plexiglas: 41" H x 36.5" W x 2" D


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