Birthday Drawing, 1992
Includes Reg Number from the Rauschenberg Foundation
6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (16.5 x 19 cm.)
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American painter and graphic artist Robert Rauschenberg pioneered the use of nontraditional materials in the creation of artwork, incorporating three-dimensional everyday objects and printed matter such as photographs and newspaper excerpts. Those highly-acclaimed and disruptive ‘Combines’ resulted in the progressive blend of painting and sculpture, questioning the distinction between fine art and readymade objects. Although primarily a painter and sculptor, Robert also worked with printmaking, photography and performance throughout his six-decade spanning career. To him we owe the foundations of what would be later called conceptual art, based on his ‘Neo-Dadaist’ belief that it was at the artist’s own discretion to define art.
Birthday Drawing is a small, unassuming and one of the rarest pieces produced by Rauschenberg, departing from his well-known assemblages or collages. A monochromatic drawing, this piece depicts an idyllic scene featuring two swans, peacefully swimming in a pond. Rauschenberg remained a far-reaching influence for later modern artists, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, well beyond his lifetime.
