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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.337
People
Robert Rauschenberg, American (Port Arthur, TX 1925 - 2008 Captiva Island, FL)
Title
Pull (Hoarfrost Editions)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1974
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/329946

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Solvent transferred offset lithograph and screenprint to fabric collage with paper bags
Technique
Lithograph and screen print
Dimensions
215.9 x 121.92 cm (85 x 48 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: RAUSCHENBERG SP1 74

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Gift of Ruth and William S. Ehrlich
Copyright
© Robert Rauschenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.337
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The process sequence is as follows: 1. a paper bag was glued to cheesecloth with acrylic polymer matte medium, 2. images of a balloon and three blue faces, both in offset, and a screenprinted image of a diver were transferred to cheesecloth, 3. images of a blue face and a salad bowl, both in offset, as well as newspaper imagery, and a screened image of a diver were transferred to silk taffeta. 4. paper bags at the top and cheesecloth were glued to silk taffeta with acrylic polymer matte medium. The two holes at the top right and top left were machine-stitched to accommodate nails for hanging.

Publication History

  • Anny Shaw, "Street artist Mr. Brainwash sued over 'copied' image", The Art Newspaper (London, 2011), No. 222, p. 8, p. 8, ill. (color)
  • Adam Greenhaigh, Adam Novak, and Julia Burke, To Print on Air: Robert Rauschenberg’s Hoarfrost Editions, Facture: Conservation Science Art History, ed. Daphne Barbour and Susanne Lomax, National Gallery of Art (https://doi-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.37862/aaeportal.00230.008, January 2020), 4, Pages 220-249, Figure 21