Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ILEANA SONNABEND AND THE ESTATE OF NINA CASTELLI SUNDELL
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Untitled (Female Head under Glass)

Details
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
Untitled (Female Head under Glass)
engraving, graphite, and paper collage on paperboard
10 x 6 7/8 in. (25.4 x 17.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1952.
Provenance
The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
A. Götz, Robert Rauschenberg Drawings (Zeichnungen, Gouachen, Collagen: 1949 bis 1979), Munich, 1979, p. 10 (illustrated).
G. Celant, Roma New York 1948 1964: An Art Exploration, Milan, 1993, p. 74 (illustrated).
S. Hunter, Robert Rauschenberg, Bacelona, 1999, p. 16, no. 10 (illustrated in color).
S. Hunter, Robert Rauschenberg: Works, Writings and Interviews, Barcelona and New York, 2006, p.25 (illustrated in color).
Robert Rauschenberg, Rome, 2008, p. 33 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Tubingen, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, May-June 1979.
Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, August-September 1979.
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Kunsthalle Du¨sseldorf; Humlebæk/Kopenhagen, Louisiana-Museum fu¨r Moderne Kunst; Frankfurt/Main, Sta¨delsches Kunstinstitut and Mu¨nich, Sta¨dtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Robert Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, March 1980-March 1981, p. 67, no. 77 (illustrated).
London, Tate Gallery, Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, April 1981-June 1981.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Houston, The Menil Collection; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s, June 1991-January 1993, p. 129, no. 74 (illustrated in color).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Robert Rauschenberg: North African Collages and Scatole Personali c. 1952, June-August 2012, n.p., no. 26 (illustrated in color).
Sale room notice
Please note the additional exhibition history:
Kunsthalle Tubingen, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, May-June 1979.
Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, Robert Rauschenberg: Drawings, August-September 1979.
London, Tate Gallery, Rauschenberg: Werke 1950-1980, April 1981-June 1981.

Please note the additional literature reference:
Robert Rauschenberg, Rome, 2008, p. 33 (illustrated in color).

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