Robert Rauschenberg

Autobiography
1968

A composite image featuring a series of layered photographs and illustrations. The top section shows a schematic drawing of a rocket with numerical annotations. Below is a photo of a bicycle wheel juxtaposed with a pink umbrella and a mechanical arm. The middle section displays a dense spiral of text with a red outlined box highlighting a blue-toned image of the Earth in the center. The bottom section includes a grayscale photo of a nude figure holding an umbrella, superimposed over a map and geometric shapes, with a green outlined cube in the foreground. The entire composition has an abstract, collage-like quality.
A composite image featuring a series of layered photographs and illustrations. The top section shows a schematic drawing of a rocket with numerical annotations. Below is a photo of a bicycle wheel juxtaposed with a pink umbrella and a mechanical arm. The middle section displays a dense spiral of text with a red outlined box highlighting a blue-toned image of the Earth in the center. The bottom section includes a grayscale photo of a nude figure holding an umbrella, superimposed over a map and geometric shapes, with a green outlined cube in the foreground. The entire composition has an abstract, collage-like quality.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Color offset photo-lithograph on vinyl mounted on canvas; vertical scroll format

Dimensions
Sheet: 197 1/4 × 49 1/4in. (501 × 125.1 cm) Image: 195 1/2 × 49 1/4in. (496.6 × 125.1 cm) Overall (with dowels): 199 1/4 × 52in. (506.1 × 132.1 cm)

Accession number
68.68

Edition
AP | Ed. 2,000

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Broadside Art, Inc.

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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