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Accident

A work made of lithograph in dark gray and black on white wove paper.
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

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  • A work made of lithograph in dark gray and black on white wove paper.

Date:

1963

Artist:

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Rauschenberg

Title

Accident

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1963

Medium

Lithograph in dark gray and black on white wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed recto lower right, in graphite: "ACCIDENT ARTIST’S PROOF RAUSCHENBERG 1963"; blind stamp recto lower left: “ULAE”

Dimensions

Image: 96.4 × 68.4 cm (38 × 26 15/16 in.); Sheet: 104.6 × 75.2 cm (41 3/16 × 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1982.1122

Copyright

© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

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