Robert Rauschenberg

Earth Day
1990

This image features a colorful mixed-media artwork with abstract and representational elements. A tree with red branches is depicted against a swirling green and beige background, suggesting a canopy of leaves. Below, a paintbrush and a broom are superimposed over textured strokes of paint. On the left, a red heart is drawn over a patch of red texture. The words "EARTH DAY 1990" and a signature are written at the bottom, indicating the theme and authorship of the piece.
This image features a colorful mixed-media artwork with abstract and representational elements. A tree with red branches is depicted against a swirling green and beige background, suggesting a canopy of leaves. Below, a paintbrush and a broom are superimposed over textured strokes of paint. On the left, a red heart is drawn over a patch of red texture. The words "EARTH DAY 1990" and a signature are written at the bottom, indicating the theme and authorship of the piece.

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Date
1990

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photo-offset lithograph on paper mounted on boardPhoto-offset lithograph on paper mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 60 × 40 1/16in. (152.4 × 101.8 cm) Mount (board): 60 1/8 × 40 1/16 × 1/4in. (152.7 × 101.8 × 0.6 cm)

Accession number
97.123

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Robert Rauschenberg
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