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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.449.1-35
People
Robert Rauschenberg, American (Port Arthur, TX 1925 - 2008 Captiva Island, FL)
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Title
XXXIV Drawings for Dante's Inferno
Classification
Portfolios
Work Type
portfolio
Date
1964
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336278

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Collotype
Dimensions
each sheet: 36.8 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
portfolio case: 47.6 x 47 x 5.7 cm (18 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in pencil 2 page vero: Rauschenberg

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (1964); Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. (1964-2010); Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
259/300

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. in honor of Marjorie Cohn
Copyright
© Robert Rauschenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.449.1-35
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Title on Portfolio Cover: Drawings for Dante's "Inferno".
Each portfolio includes (as written on the last page of the essay):
35 facsimile drawings
Essay by Dore Ashton
1 signed copy of 1 out of 7 lithographs created by Rauschenberg for this album (not included in this copy). Each print is mounted in a folder that corresponds to one of the 34 cantos. The artist and the author of the essay used John Ciardi's translation of the "Inferno". The original drawings were completed between 1959 and 1960. They entered MOMA's collection in 1963, where they remain.

Exhibition History

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