Opal Gospel

Date1971-1972

Artist Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008)

CultureAmerican

MediumAcrylic and screenprint in a stainless steel case

Edition100/230

DimensionsStorage (Metal Storage Case): 21 × 22.8 × 6.8 cm (8 1/4 × 8 15/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Base (Acryllic Base): 1 × 23 × 7 in. (2.5 × 58.4 × 17.8 cm)

Credit LineGift from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander E. Racolin

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned and numbered (on front, silkscreened): Rauschenberg; (on back, LRC, scratched): Rauschenberg 100/230

InscribedInscribed (on front, silkscreened): OPAL GOSPEL; (on back, LRC, silkscreened): OPAL GOSPEL / 9 AMERICAN INDIAN POEMS / ILLUMINATED BY ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG / EDITION OF 230 SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST / EACH CONSISTS OF 10 HAND SILKSCREENED TRANS- / PARENT ACRYLIC PANELS, A STAND AND A STEEL CASE / EXECUTED BY STYRIA STUDIO, N.Y. / PUBLISHED BY RACOLIN PRESS, INC. / BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. 1971; (L side of stand); (titles and numbers of songs); (R side of stand): c (encircled) RACOLIN PRESS, INC. 1971

Vassar Exhibitions

Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties", January 13-March 19, 2006;

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY "Summer Reading: The Recreation of Language in Twentieth Century Art" June 29 - September 16, 2001.

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