Robert Rauschenberg

Feather Cave
1978

A mixed media artwork featuring a large piece of newspaper with text, partially covering a beige background, pinned at the top left corner. A smaller newspaper clipping with visible text and a blue-green painted section is attached to the right side. A striped feather hangs from a string pinned under the larger newspaper piece. The entire composition is framed in a light wooden frame.
A mixed media artwork featuring a large piece of newspaper with text, partially covering a beige background, pinned at the top left corner. A smaller newspaper clipping with visible text and a blue-green painted section is attached to the right side. A striped feather hangs from a string pinned under the larger newspaper piece. The entire composition is framed in a light wooden frame.

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Date
1978

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Solvent transfer and fabric on plywood with feather, wire and wood spool

Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 36 × 3in. (121.9 × 91.4 × 7.6 cm)

Accession number
2018.150

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert S. Olnick

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

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