XXXIV Drawings for Dante's Inferno | Harvard Art Museums

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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

European and American Pop Art, 1955-1975, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/03/2015 - 01/03/2016

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