Rank, from Thirty-Four Illustrations for Dante's Inferno
Primary
Robert Rauschenberg
(Port Arthur, Texas, 1925–Captiva Island, Florida, 2008)
Printer
Universal Limited Art Editions
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Ltd.
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1964
MediumPhotolithograph
DimensionsSheet: 15 11/16 × 16 1/8 in. (39.8 × 40.9 cm)
Image: 13 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (35.3 × 41.2 cm)
Image: 13 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (35.3 × 41.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, P1966.1.35
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object numberP1966.1.35/35
On View
Not on viewWith the invention of photolithography any image could easily be made into a lithograph. A light sensitive emulsion, exposed to light through a photographic negative replaces the greasy crayon on stone. No other artist is more identified with photolithography than Rauschenberg, who appreciated its lack of established tradition and emphasized the commercial associations of the flatness and the dot matrix to adapt it to the interests of Pop art.
Exhibitions
Robert Rauschenberg
1965