Homage to Frederick Kiesler
Date1966
Artist
Robert Rauschenberg
(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)
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 viewClassificationsPRINT
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.
Robert Rauschenberg
1974, published 1975
