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Robert Rauschenberg Biography
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1925 |
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Born: in Port Arthur, TX
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1947 |
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Studied at the Académie Julian, Paris, France
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1947 - 1948 |
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Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
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1948 - 1949 |
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Studied at the Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC under Josef Albers. Met Cunningham and John Cage
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1949 - 1952 |
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Studied at the Art Students League in New York, NY
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1952 - 1953 |
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Traveled to Europe and North Africa with Cy Twombly
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1953 |
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Met Jasper Johns who became a great influence to his work. The two artists shared neighboring studios.
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1962 |
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Made his first lithograph at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) in West Islip, New York
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1964 |
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Grand prize in painting at the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1966 |
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Experimented with electronics in his art
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1970 |
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Created the first Earth Day poster
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1970 |
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Established a permanent residence and studio in Captiva, FL
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1984 |
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Began "The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange"
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1990 |
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Started The Rauschenberg Foundation, a non-profit entity devoted to projects that will increase public awareness about subjects of vital interest to the artist
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1990 |
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Created the 20th anniversary Earth Day poster
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1985 - 1991 |
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"ROCI“ - Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange
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2008 |
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Died: in Captiva, FL
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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"Signs of the Times: Robert Rauschenberg's America", MMoCA, The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI (solo)
"Uma Aventura Moderna - Coleção de Arte Renault", Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Black Cube Gallery, Barcelona
"Rauschenberg at Gemini", Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (solo)
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2009
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"Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts", Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy (solo)
Au Courant: Robert Rauschenberg‘s Currents", Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
"The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia: 1860-1989", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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2008
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"Robert Rauschenberg: Runts", PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posteres for a Better World", Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL (solo)
"Whatever is There is a Truth", Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg, The Lotus Series", Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York City, NY;Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Prints/Editions 1962-78", The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg in the Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (solo)
"Rauschenberg: Booster", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
"Rauschenberg", University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Travelling '70 - '76", Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios", Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg, graficá 1976-2000", La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2007
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"Rauschenberg. Express", Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (solo)
"Nothing and everything", Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces", The Menil Collection, Houston, TX (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
"Selected Works 1974 - 1999", Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
"Three Decades", Galleri Faurschou, Beijing, China (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
"Let the World In", The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: em viagem 70-76", Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2006
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"Robert Rauschenberg", Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Corea (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", MOCA THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Spread and Scale", Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
"Art from Life: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg", Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (solo)
"Focus Room. Robert Rauschenberg", Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios and Short Stories", Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA (solo)
"Rauschenberg: Prints", Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2005
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"Rauschenberg - Rosenquist - Lichtenstein", Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany (solo)
"Dialogues: Duchamp, Cornell, Johns, Rauschenberg", Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
"Robert Rauschenberg: on and off the wall", Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain Nice, Nice, France (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg-Combines", organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios and Short Stories", Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, IN (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL (solo)
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2004
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"Mostly Photography - Art since 1980 from the Collection", Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
"What´s modern?", Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
"Made in USA popart", Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris, France
"Robert Rauschenberg", Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
"15 Minutes of Fame: 20 Years of Pop Prints", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
"Robert Rauschenberg", John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Robert Rauschenberg: Current Scenarios", Wadsworth Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Scent and Pull", Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH
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2003
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"Popular, Pop & Post-Pop: Color Screenprints 1930s to Now", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Prints & Unique Work", Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2002
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"An American Legacy, A Gift to New York", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Robert Rauschenberg - Les dix dernières années", Musée Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris, France (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Short Stories", Waddington Galleries, London, UK (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Recent Work", The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (solo)
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2001
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"Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum", Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
"Robert Rauschenberg - Ruminations", Völcker & freunde gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Marrakech", La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Short Stories", Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2000
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"Robert Rauschenberg - Apogamy Pods", PaceWildenstein, New York City, NY(solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Darryl Pottorf", Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
"Robert Rauschenberg - Synapsis Shuffle", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
"Highlights of Late 20th-Century Art from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection", Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
"Robert Rauschenberg: Recent Work", Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL (solo)
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1999
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"Robert Rauschenberg - Malerei", Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Robert Rauschenberg - Obra gráfica (1967-1979)", Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece", Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA(solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Photographs", Galleria Rubin, Milano, Italy (solo)
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1998
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"Robert Rauschenberg. Obra gráfica 1967-1979", Museu d’Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de MallorcaSpain (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Retrospectiva", Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg - Anagrams (A Pun)", Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1997
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"Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum", New York, NY in collaboration with the Menil Collection, Houston, TX Travelled to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain)(solo)
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1996
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"Robert Rauschenberg - Anagrams", PaceWildenstein, New York, NY;Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Major Printed Works, 1962 1995", Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg: Sculpture", Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL (solo)
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1995
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"Robert Rauschenberg: Sculpture", The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (solo)
"Quake in Paradise - A Labyrinth", Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
"Rauschenberg", Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
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1994
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"Albers, Rauschenberg, Stella - Graphik 1967-1970", Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
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1993
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"Robert Rauschenberg", Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain (solo)
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1992
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"Robert Rauschenberg: Wax Fire Works", Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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1991
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"Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (solo)
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1990
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Robert Rauschenberg Soviet American Array", Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
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1989
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"Robert Rauschenberg Bellini Series", Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
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1988
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"Rauschenberg, 34 Drawings for Dante's "Inferno" and Selections from the Drawings Collection", MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (solo)
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1987
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1986
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"Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange", Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Robert Rauschenberg: Photographs 1949–1984", Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (solo)
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1985
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"Rauschenberg", Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
"Robert Rauschenberg", Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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1984
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"Rauschenberg/Performance", Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (solo)
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1982
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"Rauschenberg in China", MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (solo)
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1981
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"Rauschenberg in the Rockies", Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
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1980
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"Robert Rauschenberg", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1970 - 1971
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"Stoned moon series, Lithographien 1969-1970", Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland
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1970
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"Robert Rauschenberg : prints 1948-1970", The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
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1969
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"Robert Rauschenberg in Black and White", Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"Robert Rauschenberg: Selections", The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (solo)
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1968
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"Rauschenberg: Soundings", MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (solo)
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1965
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"Rauschenberg: 34 Drawings for Dante's Inferno", MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
"Robert Rauschenberg", Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (solo)
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1964
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"Robert Rauschenberg", Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1963
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Retrospective, Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1951
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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Selected Public Collections:
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Austin Museum of Art - AMOA, Austin, TX
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Musée d´Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain Nice, Nice, France
Les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona , Spain
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Tate Britain, London, UK
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2009
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Brown, Trisha and Mimi Thompson. Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts. New York, NY: Guggenheim Publications, 2009 (catalogue)
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2007
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Selected Works 1974 - 1999. Berlin, Germany: Michael Schultz Gallery, 2007 (catalogue)
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2006
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Robert Rauschenberg Combines. Paris, France: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2006 (catalogue)
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2003
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Ishagpour, Youssef. Rauschenberg, Le monde comme images de reproduction. Tours, France: Farrago, 2003
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1993
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Krauss, Rosalind. "Rauschenberg et l’image matérialisée”, in L’originalité de l’avant-garde et autres mythes modernistes, Paris, France: Macula, 1993
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1981
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Rauschenberg photographe. Paris, France: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 1981 (catalogue)
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| Links to further information |
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