Trophy I. For Merce Cunningham

Rauschenberg, Robert (1925-2008)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1959
Height:
168.0 cm  (66 1/8 in.)
Width:
104.0 cm  (40 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
fabric, sheet metal, wood, paper, oil and photography on two canvases

Description

The dancer Merce Cunningham appears in the upper right corner of the picture, which refers to his dance style.

People as subjects

Cunningham, Merce (1919-2009) (Dancer)

Image URLs

image link 1
Online catalogue Kunsthaus Zürich: search Rauschenberg to find image and data
image link 2
Kunsthaus Zürich image

Notes

The object is part of the series "Trophys" of which the others are dedicated to Marcel Duchamp, Jean Tinguely, John Cage, and Jasper Johns.

RIdIM record id

5478