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Robert Rauschenberg — Orange Float (Anagram)
Robert Rauschenberg

Orange Float (Anagram)

1996

Orange Float (Anagram) showcases Robert Rauschenberg's innovative use of vegetable dye transfer on paper, a technique he developed to seamlessly blend photographic imagery with painterly abstraction. Warm amber and orange tones saturate fragmented visual elements, creating a layered collage-like composition that blurs the boundaries between photography and fine art. The work reflects Rauschenberg's lifelong fascination with combining everyday imagery and experimental processes to challenge traditional notions of artistic medium.

Medium
vegetable dye transfer on paper

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2017

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Robert Rauschenberg, Orange Float (Anagram), 1996

Orange Float (Anagram) showcases Robert Rauschenberg's innovative use of vegetable dye transfer on paper, a technique he developed to seamlessly blend photographic imagery with painterly abstraction. Warm amber and orange tones saturate fragmented visual elements, creating a layered collage-like composition that blurs the boundaries between photography and fine art. The work reflects Rauschenberg's lifelong fascination with combining everyday imagery and experimental processes to challenge traditional notions of artistic medium.

Medium
vegetable dye transfer on paper
Year
1996
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Seminal Modern Master, Dye Transfer, Neo-Dada, Experimental Process, Vegetable Dye Transfer, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Late Twentieth Century, Experimental, Celebrated Artist, American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Warm Orange Tones, Late 20th Century, Works on Paper, Layered Imagery, Anagram Series, Modern Master, Warm Tones, Abstract, Collage Aesthetic

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