7 Church Painting, 1949
Oil on Masonite, two panels
841/4 × 945/8 in. (214 × 240.4 cm)
Collection of Janet Rauschenberg Begneaud
RRF 49.008
Inscribed, lower right: RAUSCHENBERG ’4[?]
PROVENANCEGaps in the provenance are indicated by “(?)” for a single unidentified owner and “(. . .)” for multiple unidentified owners. See Guide.
Church of Christ, Lafayette, La., gift of the artist, ca. 1949
Dora Rauschenberg, Lafayette, La., 1958
Janet Rauschenberg Begneaud, Lafayette, La., by descent, 1999
LITERATURE
1990s
Smith, Mark L. “Image and Word in the Prints of Robert Rauschenberg, 1951–1981.” PhD diss., University of Texas at Austin, 1992. ProQuest (304034847). pp. 286–87
Hopps, Walter, and Susan Davidson. Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1997. Exhibition catalogue. p. 551 (not exhibited)
2010s
Davidson, Susan. “Mother of God.” Rauschenberg Research Project, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 2013.
Kotz, Mary Lynn. Rauschenberg: Art and Life. 3rd ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2018. p. 70
