90 Untitled (Elemental Sculpture), 1953

Wood, stones, and nails (?)

Dimensions unknown

Lost

RRF 53.019

EXHIBITION

1950s

Stable Gallery, New York, Rauschenberg: Paintings and Sculpture, September 15–October 3, 1953.

LITERATURE

1960s

Calas, Nicolas. “Robert Rauschenberg.” Kulchur (New York) 4, no. 15 (Autumn 1964). pp. 18–19

1980s

Feinstein, Roni. “The Early Work of Robert Rauschenberg: The White Paintings, the Black Paintings, and the Elemental Sculptures.” Arts Magazine (New York) 61, no. 1 (September 1986). p. 36

1990s

Feinstein, Roni. “Random Order: The First Fifteen Years of Robert Rauschenberg’s Art, 1949–1964.” PhD diss., New York University, 1990. ProQuest (303859753). p. 115

Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. pp. 157, 180 (pl. 108) (not exhibited)

2000s

Joseph, Branden W. Random Order: Robert Rauschenberg and the Neo-Avant-Garde. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003. p. 88

2010s

Delfiner, Judith. Double-Barrelled Gun: Dada aux États-Unis (1947–1957). Dijon: Les Presses du Réel, 2011. p. 204 (fig. 16)