ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: A RETROSPECTIVE
Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson
Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson: ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: A RETROSPECTIVE. NYC: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1997. First edition. A near-fine softcover book in stiff, photographically printed wrappers: textblock edges are lightly scuffed, especially along the lower edge -- not surprising for a book of this girth. . Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.
9.75 x 11.75 softcover book with 632 pages and 490 full-color and 245 b/w reproductions. Published in conjunction with an exhibtion of the same name: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, and Guggenheim Museum at Ace Gallery, NYC (Sept 19, 1997-Jan 7, 1998); The Menil Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Feb 13-May 17, 1998); Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Nov 20-Feb 26, 1999).
Contents
Introduction by Walter Hopps: Rauschenberg's Art of Fusion
Rauschenberg's Everything, Everywhere Era by Charles F. Stuckey
EARLY WORK, 1949-1954: Overview by Susan Davidson
Perpetual Inventory by Rosalind Krauss
PERFORMANCE, 1954-1994
Rauschenberg and Performance, 1963-1967: A Poetry of Infinite Possibilities by Nancy Spector
COLLABORATIONS
Rauschenberg for Cunningham and Three of His Own by Steve Paxton
Collaboration: Life and Death in the Aesthetic Zone by Trisha Brown
CHOREOGRAPHY BY THE ARTIST
ART AND TECHNOLOGY, 1959-1995: Overview by Susan Davidson
Working with Rauschenberg by Billy Kluver with Julie Martin
ASSEMBLED WORKS WITH CARDBOARD, PAPER, AND FABRIC, 1970-1976: Overview by Joan Young
Writing on Rocks, Rubbing on Silk, Layering on Paper by Ruth E. Fine
LARGE-SCALE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE, 1975-Present: Overview by Joan Young
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION, 1982-1995: Overview by Elizabeth Carpenter
SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS ON METAL, 1986-1995: Overview by Elizabeth Carpenter
TRANSFER WORKS ON PAPER, FABRIC, AND FRESCO, 1992-1997: Overview by Julia Blaut
Chronology by Joan Young with Susan Davidson
Exhibition History by Mary Lynn Kotz
Performance History
Select Bibliography by Mary Lynn Kotz
Index to Works Reproduced
From the Guggenheim's web site: In 1997, the Guggenheim Museum organized Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist¹s work ever assembled. It featured nearly 300 works, including several of his newly-created Anagrams paintings from the mid- to late 90s that used digital photography transferred via vegetable dyes, exemplifying his inventive and ever-evolving approach to art and his embrace of new technologies and materials. The exhibition opened to universal acclaim and traveled to museums around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The 632-page catalogue is now a collector's item.