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Darkness Mother

A work made of color photolithograph and lithograph from three stones on cream wove paper.
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

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  • A work made of color photolithograph and lithograph from three stones on cream wove paper.

Date:

1978

Artist:

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008)
text by Andrei Voznesensky (Russian, 1933-2010)
printed by Thomas Cox and Bill Goldston
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

About this artwork

Six prints are the result of a chance meeting between Robert Rauschenberg and the Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky that was cleverly orchestrated by Tatyana Grosman. The artist and the poet worked side by side in the production of these works in a true collaboration. Although it represents the unlikely partnership of an artist from Texas and a poet from the Soviet Union, the two worked well together, and their finished prints were exhibited at the legendary Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in 1979.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Rauschenberg

Title

Darkness Mother

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.

1978

Medium

Color photolithograph and lithograph from three stones on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 47 × 47 cm (18 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.); Sheet: 70.7 × 51.1 cm (27 7/8 × 20 1/8 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

1982.1174

Copyright

© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

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