Robert Rauschenberg. Special installation

The Museum of Modern Art opened a special installation in memory of Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008), who died on May 12. The selection of works, including Bed (1955), Rebus (1955), and Thirty-four Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno (1958-60), is on view through June 23, 2008, in The Alfred H. Barr Painting and Sculpture Galleries on the fourth floor. As is customary in this gallery, works by Jasper Johns are also on view. The installation is organized by John Elderfield, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, and Ann Temkin, The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator of Painting and Sculpture.

MoMA was the first institution to acquire a work by Rauschenberg in 1952 and, at present, the Museum holds 11 paintings and nearly 200 works on paper, creating one of the world’s strongest museum collections of the artist’s work.

Mr. Elderfield says, “MoMA is honored to present this small remembrance of one of the most important and influential artists of the 20th century. This installation is a selection of some of the greatest works by Rauschenberg in MoMA’s collection.”

Special installation in memory of Robert Rauschenberg

Künstler:
Robert Rauschenberg

Kuratoren:
John Elderfield, Ann Temkin