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Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces
Yve-Alain Bois
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Description for Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces
Hardback. Robert Rauschenberg began to investigate the boundaries between painting and sculpture in the 1950s, working with a variety of found objects in his Combine paintings and freestanding Combines. This book focuses on Rauschenberg's Cardboards, along with related works from his "Made in Tampa Clay", "Cardbirds", and "Venetian" series. Series: Menil Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages, 120b&w illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFK; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1061.
The first comprehensive look at Rauschenberg’s Cardboard series, a previously unexplored realm of the artist’s oeuvre
Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) began to investigate the boundaries between painting and sculpture in the 1950s, working with a variety of found objects in his Combine paintings and freestanding Combines. Later, in his Cardboard series (1971–72), he confined himself to the use of cardboard boxes, eliminating virtually all imagery, reducing the palette to a near monochrome, and commenting in subtle ways on the materialism and disposability of modern life. This book is the first to focus exclusively on Rauschenberg’s rarely seen Cardboards, ... Read more
The first comprehensive look at Rauschenberg’s Cardboard series, a previously unexplored realm of the artist’s oeuvre
Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) began to investigate the boundaries between painting and sculpture in the 1950s, working with a variety of found objects in his Combine paintings and freestanding Combines. Later, in his Cardboard series (1971–72), he confined himself to the use of cardboard boxes, eliminating virtually all imagery, reducing the palette to a near monochrome, and commenting in subtle ways on the materialism and disposability of modern life. This book is the first to focus exclusively on Rauschenberg’s rarely seen Cardboards, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Menil Collection
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300123784
SKU
V9780300123784
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About Yve-Alain Bois
Yve-Alain Bois is professor, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Josef Helfenstein is director and Clare Elliott is assistant curator, both at The Menil Collection, Houston.
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