88 Untitled (Elemental Sculpture), 1953

Wood, twine, stone, nails, and cut nail (?)

Dimensions unknown

Lost

RRF 53.036

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). p. 18

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). pp. 111–12

Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. pp. 156–57, 193 (pl. 120 [install]) (not exhibited)