"An essential volume on the work of Robert Rauschenberg, this relevatory selection of rarely seen masterworks is curated in collaboration with the artist''s estate and includes an extensive chronology. In a career of nearly sixty years Rauschenberg changed the course of art history, art making, and viewers'' experience of art. An artist of protean creativity, he transformed the mediums of sculpture, painting, prints, and photography. He elevated seemingly casual, everyday images and embraced discarded and found materials, reintroducing content to art after decades when abstraction held sway. This book covers the full span of the artist''s career, from 1950 to 2007, focusing on key works from the collection of the artist''s estate, including many that have not been shown since they were first made and exhibited more than thirty years ago, as well as masterpieces that have recently been seen in museum exhibitions. Texts by James Lawrence and John Richardson are accompanied by more than sixty color illustrations and over fifty black-and-white historical photographs. Also featured is an extensive chronology by Susan Davidson detailing the artist''slife and career that will become a fundamental reference for students of Rauschenberg''s influential oeuvre." -- publisher''s statement.