License
Print
1962 (printed and published)
1962 (printed and published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The American Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925), whose trademark sculptures are 'combines' of objects from everyday life, was one of the first artists to incorporate photographic imagery into his prints and paintings through the use of screen-printing and photomechanical techniques. Very often his prints are a montage of photographic imagery overworked with painterly textures created through broad brush strokes of ink. His work is not only about, but literally made with, contemporary culture, in this case photograhic images taken from mass-produced magazines and other sources. He was one of the most influential and inventive artists of his era.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | License (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph printed in browns, greys and black on paper |
| Brief description | By Robert Rauschenberg: Licence |
| Physical description | Portrait format print in brown, black and grey. Montage of photographic images, with overwashes of ink in broad brush strokes in Expressionist mode. A siamese cat is identifiable as one of the photographic images near left centre of image, a horse race in upper left and a horse with trap in upper right. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 16/16 |
| Marks and inscriptions | Rauschenberg 1962 (pencil) |
| Credit line | Reproduced courtesy of Robert Rauschenberg/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2001 |
| Production | Rauschenberg uses the American spelling 'license' Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | The American Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925), whose trademark sculptures are 'combines' of objects from everyday life, was one of the first artists to incorporate photographic imagery into his prints and paintings through the use of screen-printing and photomechanical techniques. Very often his prints are a montage of photographic imagery overworked with painterly textures created through broad brush strokes of ink. His work is not only about, but literally made with, contemporary culture, in this case photograhic images taken from mass-produced magazines and other sources. He was one of the most influential and inventive artists of his era. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1964 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.119-1964 |
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| Record created | March 14, 2003 |
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