
Tibetan Locks (Curtain), from Tibetan Keys and Locks
A dynamic wall relief by Robert Rauschenberg, *Tibetan Locks (Curtain)* combines photographic imagery through photo-screenprint decals with gestural bursts of hand-painted screenprint ink across a sleek aluminum surface. The industrial materials of powder-coating and polyurethane lend the work a luminous, durable finish, while the layering of mechanical reproduction and expressive mark-making reflects Rauschenberg's lifelong dialogue between technology and the human hand. Part of his *Tibetan Keys and Locks* series, the piece bridges Eastern cultural references with the artist's distinctly American multimedia vocabulary.
- Medium
- Wall relief with decals in photo-screenprint, hand-painted screenprint ink, aluminum, powder-coating, and polyurethane,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
April 21, 2015
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