Robert Rauschenberg
Paintings and Sculptures
1948–1953
50.007 / 11
11 Greenhouse, 1950
Wire mesh, sticks, wire, twigs, glass orb, glass shards, and paint
54 × 133/4 × 133/4 in. (137.3 × 35 × 34.9 cm)
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York
RRF 50.007


PROVENANCEGaps in the provenance are indicated by “(?)” for a single unidentified owner and “(. . .)” for multiple unidentified owners. See Guide.
[Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, deposit by the artist, 1950]
Robert Rauschenberg, by exchange, 1975
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, bequest, 2008


EXHIBITIONS
1990s

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, September 19, 1997–January 7, 1998 (also Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, September 19, 1997–January 4, 1998, and Ace Gallery, New York, September 19–November 9, 1997). Traveled to Menil Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 13–May 17, 1998; Museum Ludwig, Cologne (as Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospektive), June 27–October 11, 1998; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (as Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospectiva), November 21, 1998–March 7, 1999. no. 4

2010s

Gagosian Gallery, New York, Robert Rauschenberg, October 29, 2010–January 15, 2011. 

2020s

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Rauschenberg Sculpture, January 31–April 26, 2026. 



LITERATURE
1990s

Hopps, Walter, and Susan Davidson. Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1997. Exhibition catalogue. no. 4, p. 48 (pl. 4)

2010s

Robert Rauschenberg. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. Exhibition catalogue. pp. 13, 42 (ill.), 43 (ill.), 45 (ill. [detail])

Cotter, Holland. “Fruitful Talent Who Made Art World Multiply.” New York Times, November 27, 2010. p. 5 (ill. [install])

Barnes, Steve. “Robert Rauschenberg: Gagosian.” Artnews 110, no. 1 (January 2011). p. 107