Homage to Frederick Kiesler

© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © D…
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/ VAGA for ARS, New York, NY
Homage to Frederick Kiesler
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Homage to Frederick Kiesler

Date1966
Artist (American painter, sculptor, and photographer, 1925–2008)
MediumOffset lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 34 × 21 3/4 in. (86.4 × 55.2 cm)
sheet: 34 3/4 × 23 1/8 in. (88.3 × 58.7 cm)
frame: 42 1/4 × 29 3/4 in. (107.3 × 75.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and contributions, 1975
Object number1975-76
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn this collaged screen print, Robert Rauschenberg pays homage to architect and stage designer, Frederick Kielser (1890–1965). The artist layered the print with a photograph of Kiesler along with plans and images of his signature structures including his Endless Theatre design and the Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem.
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