Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Untitled (Insects)
engraving and paper collage on paperboard
10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1952.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Untitled (Insects)
engraving and paper collage on paperboard
10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1952.
The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the present owner
A. Götz, Robert Rauschenberg Drawings (Zeichnungen, Gouachen, Collagen: 1949 bis 1979), Munich, 1979, p. 10 (illustrated).
G. Celant, Roma New York 19481964: An Art Exploration, Milan, 1993, p. 74 (illustrated).
Kunsthalle Tubingen, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, May-June 1979.
Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, August-September 1979.
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Humlebæk/Kopenhagen, Louisiana-Museum für Moderne Kunst; Frankfurt/Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut and Münich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Robert Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, March 1980-April 1981.
London, Tate Gallery, Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, April 1981-June 1981.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Houston, The Menil Collection; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s, June 1991-January 1993, p. 129, no. 75 (illustrated in color).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, Menil Collection; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Cologne, Museum Ludwig and Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, September 1997-March 1999, p. 69, pl. 34 (illustrated in color).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Robert Rauschenberg: North African Collages and Scatole Personali c. 1952, June-August 2012, n.p., no. 6 (illustrated in color).
Please note the additional exhibition history:
Kunsthalle Tubingen, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, May-June 1979.
Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, August-September 1979.
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Humlebæk/Kopenhagen, Louisiana-Museum für Moderne Kunst; Frankfurt/Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut and Münich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Robert Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, March 1980-April 1981.
London, Tate Gallery, Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, April 1981-June 1981.