111 Untitled (Gold Painting), 1953

Gold leaf, fabric, paper, and glue on canvas

8 × 8 in. (20.4 × 20.4 cm)

Private collection, New York

RRF 53.021

Inscribed on stretcher: RAUSCHEBERG / DEC. 53

PROVENANCE

( . . . )

[Sotheby’s, New York, February 22, 1986, lot 13]

Ira and Lori Young, Vancouver, purchase at above, 1986

[Sotheby’s, New York, May 4, 1994, lot 22]

Private collection, New York, purchase at above, 1994

EXHIBITIONS

1990s

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s, June 15–August 11, 1991. Organized by Menil Collection, Houston. Traveled to Menil Collection, Houston, September 27, 1991–January 5, 1992; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, February 8–April 19, 1992; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 14–August 16, 1992; Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, October 24, 1992–January 24, 1993.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Rolywholyover: A Circus, September 12–November 28, 1993. Traveled to Menil Collection, Houston, January 14–April 2, 1994; Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, April 23–July 31, 1994; Art Tower Mito, Japan, November 3, 1994–February 26, 1995; Philadelphia Museum of Art, June 4–July 30, 1995. (not in cat.; shown in Los Angeles only)

LITERATURE

1990s

Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. p. 212 (pl. 139)