Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective

Hopps, Walter; Davidson, Susan; Brown, Trisha; Fine, Ruth E.; Klüver, Bill; Martin, Julie; Krauss, Rosalind; Paxton, Steve; Spector, Nancy; Stuckley, Charles F.

ISBN 10: 0892071869 / ISBN 13: 9780892071869

Published by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1997

About this Item

630 pages with 730 illustrations 490 in color. [SIGNED BY THE ARTIST] Signed by Robert Rauschenberg on the title page in black marker. Minor rubbing and wear to the paperback cover and edges. Illustrated wraps. Introduction by Walter Hopps. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Solomon R. Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York NY September 19, 1997-January 7, 1998, The Menil Collection, Contempoary Arts Musuem and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston TX February 13-May 17, 1998 , Museum Ludwig, Cologne June 27-October 11, 1998 and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao November 20, 1998-February 26, 1999. Chronology. Exhibition and Performance History. Select Biography and Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective
• Publisher: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892071869
• ISBN 13: 9780892071869
• Binding: Wrappers
• Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art: Painting
  • Art: Pop Art
  • Art: Monographs

About this title

Synopsis

31 color illustrations 48 pages 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches ISBN 10: 1930743661 ISBN 13: 9781930743663 Robert Rauschenberg was born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 22, 1925. After briefly attending the University of Texas to study pharmacology and serving in the US Navy during World War II, he decided to study art. He attended Kansas City Art Institute (1947-1948), and the Academie Julian, Paris (1947) where he met artist Susan Weil. They later married and had a son, Christopher. He then attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina (1948-49) where he studied with Joseph Albers. At Black Mountain, Rauschenberg formed friendships with Merce Cunningham, John Cage and David Tudor. While at Black Mountain College, he participated in Theatre Piece #1 by John Cage, which has since become acknowledged as the first "Happening". He moved to New York in 1949 and attended the Arts Student League where he worked with Morris Mantor and Vaclav