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Robert Rauschenberg — Untitled
Robert Rauschenberg

Untitled

1958

This abstract composition on paper combines multiple media including gouache, watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite to create a layered, ethereal work. Scattered throughout the composition are geometric forms, linear marks, and gestural strokes in muted tones punctuated by areas of yellow, blue, and orange. The artist has incorporated translucent washes and delicate linear elements that suggest architectural or structural fragments, while photographic or printed materials appear to be embedded within the composition. The overall effect is one of accumulated marks and materials that exist in a state of visual dialogue, characteristic of the artist's interest in combining disparate elements into unified wholes.

Medium
gouache, watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper
Overall

Notes

Contemporary Day Auction, Sotheby's, sale on 2026-05-15.

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Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $80,000$120,000

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Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, 1958

This abstract composition on paper combines multiple media including gouache, watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite to create a layered, ethereal work. Scattered throughout the composition are geometric forms, linear marks, and gestural strokes in muted tones punctuated by areas of yellow, blue, and orange. The artist has incorporated translucent washes and delicate linear elements that suggest architectural or structural fragments, while photographic or printed materials appear to be embedded within the composition. The overall effect is one of accumulated marks and materials that exist in a state of visual dialogue, characteristic of the artist's interest in combining disparate elements into unified wholes.

Medium
gouache, watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 58.4 x 73.3 cm
Year
1958
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Twentieth Century Drawing, Architectural Forms, Post War Art, Mixed Media Work, Gestural Abstraction, Chromatic Abstraction, Layered Paper Art, Collage Elements, Abstract Composition, Experimental Technique

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Sebastián Naranjo, Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago, Gigi Rutkowski