Important International Prints
Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 06:30 pm
Lot 618
Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008 (US)
Spot, 1964
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper.
H 1050 mm W 758 mm.
(Frame). 2/37. Signed and dated lower right:
Rauschenberg, 1964.
| CHF | 15'000 / 20'000 |
| EUR | 13'000 / 18'000 |
| USD | 16'000 / 21'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 30'000
Annotation:
Blindstamp lower left:
ULAE: Universal Limited Art Editions.
In good condition, sheet not examined out of frame, margins visible.
Sheet fixed on support.
Provenance:
Galerie Beyeler, Basel;
Swiss private property.
Exhibition:
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, April - May 1985.
Literature: Foster 24;
Exhibition catalog. Schwarz auf Weiss.
Von Manet bis Kiefer.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1984.
No. 117, full page black-white illustration.
Printer: Universal Limited Art Editions,
West Islip/New York.
Annotation:
The present work is a rare, very early work by Robert Rauschenberg, printed in a small edition. The lithograph «Spot» is in the the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where the biggest retrospective since the exhibition in 1998 at the Guggenheim Bilbao, titled "Among Frineds" recently ended.