Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) - Composition

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Robert Rauschenberg's lithograph Composition is a limited edition (158/250) from the 1970s, hand-signed at the bottom right and numbered 158/250, mounted on rigid board and measuring 81 x 60 cm, from the United States, and requires restoration.

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This work by Robert Rauschenberg is a montage of technical, industrial, and media images that stages modern society as a fragmented visual flow. It is part of his practice of transfer drawings and photographic montages, where he extracts printed images to create a kind of non-narrative “visual poem.”

The process blends pale, grainy reproductions with manual touches (blue, red), blurring drawing and machinery to create an unstable “patchwork” in a grid. The iconography features technology (machines, fluids), labor (workers, helmets), and circulation (stairs, rails), signs of industrialization and urban alienation.

Robert RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)
Composition
Limited edition of 250 copies.
Lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 158/250
Dimensions 81 x 60 cm
The lithograph is affixed to a rigid board.
Please note there are numerous small spots across the lithograph (see photos)
Careful shipping.
(No shipping to the United States)

This work by Robert Rauschenberg is a montage of technical, industrial, and media images that stages modern society as a fragmented visual flow. It is part of his practice of transfer drawings and photographic montages, where he extracts printed images to create a kind of non-narrative “visual poem.”

The process blends pale, grainy reproductions with manual touches (blue, red), blurring drawing and machinery to create an unstable “patchwork” in a grid. The iconography features technology (machines, fluids), labor (workers, helmets), and circulation (stairs, rails), signs of industrialization and urban alienation.

Robert RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)
Composition
Limited edition of 250 copies.
Lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 158/250
Dimensions 81 x 60 cm
The lithograph is affixed to a rigid board.
Please note there are numerous small spots across the lithograph (see photos)
Careful shipping.
(No shipping to the United States)

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Artist
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Edition
Limited edition
Title of artwork
Composition
Technique
Lithograph
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
United States
Condition
Needs restoration
Height
81 cm
Width
60 cm
Weight
5 kg
Period
1970-1980
Sold with frame
No
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Objects sold
Private

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