Live Auction 15877Post-War to Present
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Lot 235

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Dockage (Shiner)

Closed27 September 2018

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USD 212,500

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Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Dockage (Shiner)
signed and dated 'RAUSCHENBERG 87' (lower right)
acrylic and metal collage on steel
48 5/8 x 48 5/8 in. (123.5 x 123.5 cm.)
Executed in 1987.

Solomon & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1987

Specialist note

"The use of the familiar is obscure, the use of the exotic is familiar. Neither sacrifices completely its origin but the mind has to travel to follow just as the eye has to change focus. In the end a viewed painting has been an invitation not a command.”
-Robert Rauschenberg