
Robert Rauschenberg's New York
Pictures from the Real World
Sean Corcoran(Editor)
D Giles Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2025
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-1-917273-09-1 (ISBN)
Description
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was the quintessential artist of post-war New York and one of the most influential creators of twentieth-century America, best known as a painter and graphic artist who paved the way for Pop Art. Robert Rauschenberg's New York takes a deep dive into the artist's engagement with photographs, focusing on his relationship with the city of New York. Seminal early photographs set the stage for the volume, examining the artist's early life and career, and the New York arts scene of the 1950s and early 1960s. Later, the career-defining photographs made by Rauschenberg in New York City between 1979 and 1981 are presented alongside a carefully chosen selection of his paintings and prints that reproduce and repurpose the photographs in new ways. Here, his photographic imagery is seen in a new context, as source material for further artistic creativity and improvisation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
90 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 289 mm
Width: 250 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1244 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-917273-09-1 (9781917273091)
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Persons
Sean Corcoran is senior curator, Prints and Photographs, Museum of the City of New York.
Helen Hsu is associate curator for Research, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Helen Hsu is associate curator for Research, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Content
Foreword by Museum of the City of New York Director Stephanie Wilchfort
Preface by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Director Courtney J. Martin
A Life in Pictures by Sean Corcoran
What Is It That Makes Robert Rauschenberg's Photography So Provocative? by Helen Hsu
Recollections
Main Plates section
Multi-media paintings
Photo Credits
Index
Preface by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Director Courtney J. Martin
A Life in Pictures by Sean Corcoran
What Is It That Makes Robert Rauschenberg's Photography So Provocative? by Helen Hsu
Recollections
Main Plates section
Multi-media paintings
Photo Credits
Index