Robert Rauschenberg
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • 2 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Robert Rauschenberg "Oracle"

Robert Rauschenberg, Alan Solomon

Robert Rauschenberg

description

Two sheet press release / announcement published in conjunction with show held May 15 - June 12, 1965. Text by Alan Solomon, designed to mimic two xeroxed sheets. "OUT OF THE BLUE, HERE IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING IN SCULPTURE BY RAUSCHENBERG. FIVE PIECES, IN THE ROUND, WITH SOUND, CALLED ORACLE. FIVE WHEELED VEHICLES, RESPONSIBLY PLUMB AND ELECTRICALLY NEAT, OR CANTED, ASKEW, SUBTLY AGED WITH THE RAUSCHENBERG PATINA OR METROPOLITAN FALLOUT AND GUTTER GANGRENE. FROM EACH A SHINY CHROM TAIL PROTRUDES, AN FM ANTENNA, NO LESS, BECAUSE THE SOUND PART IS SERIOUS AND COMPLEX. (WELL, NOT SERIOUS, BUT COMPLICATED.)" -- from first paragraph of text.

New York, NY: Leo Castelli,
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$200.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Folded in three as issued with an additional fold through center, scattered handling marks and soft dog ears to corners.
[Object # 23497]