Robert Rauschenberg

1925-2008 · American · Neo-Dada, Pop art

Auction record: $88.81M

Buffalo II, 1964 · Christie's, New York · May 15, 2019

Biography

Robert Rauschenberg, born in Port Arthur, Texas, studied at Black Mountain College and became the bridge between Abstract Expressionism and Pop. His Combines of the 1950s, such as Bed and Monogram, mixed paint with found objects, while the silkscreen paintings of 1962 to 1964 layered news photographs, including images of John F. Kennedy, into dense collages of American life. In 1964 he was the first American to win the Grand Prize for painting at the Venice Biennale. His later output was enormous and uneven, which explains a wide price range. The market prizes Combines and early silkscreen paintings, as shown by the 88.8 million dollar Buffalo II, while later series and prints trade at far lower levels.

Market

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Museums

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Moderna Museet, Stoccolma
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

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