11-81-C-3A #3
<p>Robert Rauschenberg, one of the most celebrated practitioners of Pop Art, began his career as a photographer. His street photography from New York, Boston, and Los Angeles (where this work was made) appears in his series Photos In + Out City Limits. Much of Rauschenberg’s painting utilizes assemblage, and here he has captured a sort of found collage of seemingly disparate elements: a public water fountain, “Holy Water” sign, free pamphlets, and a small, hanging bell. With deadpan humor, the image singles out these offers of salvation found by chance on an urban street.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1954
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 47.1 × 31.7 cm (18 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.5 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Robert Rauschenberg
Artist
Photography
Robert Rauschenberg's interdisciplinary practice positioned him at the forefront of nearly every artistic movement following Abstract Expressionism.
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- Robert Rauschenberg
- Year
- 1954
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 47.1 × 31.7 cm (18 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.5 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1954-115473
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified