Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
It's the Little Things: Small Works from a Distinguished Private Collection
Robert Rauschenberg
Snowflake Crime XXV
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March 18, 06:56 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
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It's the Little Things: Small Works from a Distinguished Private Collection
Robert Rauschenberg
1925 - 2008
Snowflake Crime XXV
signed, titled and dated 81 on the reverse
solvent transfer, acrylic and fabric collage on paper
Sheet: 7⅞ by 7⅞ in. (20 by 20 cm.)
Framed: 9¾ by 9¾ in. (24.8 by 24.8 cm.)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Robert Rauschenberg’s Snowflake Crime XXV is a classic example of the artist’s unique and celebrated style, executed on an intimate scale. The Snowflake Crime drawings, of which there are about thirty, were created with Rauschenberg’s preferred solvent transfer technique that allowed him to shift images from other sources – often mass media – onto paper. The transfer process was intended to mask the artist’s hand; characteristic of Rauschenberg’s style, these mechanically reproduced images were combined with handmade gestures, blurring the boundary between appropriation and expression.