43 Black Painting, ca. 1952
Oil and newspaper on canvas
551/8 × 363/4 in. (140 × 93.3 cm)
Private collection
RRF 52.012
Alternate Title: Untitled
PROVENANCEGaps in the provenance are indicated by “(?)” for a single unidentified owner and “(. . .)” for multiple unidentified owners. See Guide.
Nicola Del Roscio, Rome
Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, Rome, 2012
Private collection, purchase, May 16, 2014 (via Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York)
EXHIBITIONS
2010s
Gagosian Gallery, London, The Show Is Over, October 15–November 30, 2013.
Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, Robert Rauschenberg: The Fulton Street Studio, 1953–1954, April 4–May 23, 2014. no. 2
LITERATURE
1990s
Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. pp. 63, 68, 70, 98 (pl. 45), as Untitled [black painting] (not exhibited)
2010s
The Show Is Over. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2013. Exhibition catalogue. p. 109 (ill.), as Untitled
Robert Rauschenberg: The Fulton Street Studio, 1953–54. New York: Craig F. Starr Gallery, 2014. Exhibition catalogue. no. 2, n.p. (ill.), as Untitled
