Three large black panels with rough, wrinkled texture and peeling paint across the surface.

Paintings

Black Painting

c. 1953

Medium
Enamel, bitumen, oil, and newspaper on canvas, four parts
Dimensions
Overall: 87 1/16 × 170 1/2 in. (221.1 × 433.1 cm)
Accession number
2002.259a-d
Acquired
2002
Credit line
Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President
Reproduction credit
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

Robert Rauschenberg, Black Painting, c. 1953. Enamel, bitumen, oil, and newspaper on canvas, four parts, overall: 87 1/16 × 170 1/2 in. (221.1 × 433.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.259a-d. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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