Robert Rauschenberg
Paintings and Sculptures
1948–1953
53.042 / 113
113 Untitled (Gold Painting), ca. 1953
Gold leaf, paper, and glue on canvas, in wood-and-glass frame
125/8 × 125/8 in. (32 × 32 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (441.1974), and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (74.2109), joint bequest of Eve Clendenin
RRF 53.042


PROVENANCEGaps in the provenance are indicated by “(?)” for a single unidentified owner and “(. . .)” for multiple unidentified owners. See Guide.
Eve Clendenin, New York, purchase, ca. 1953–54 (via Stable Gallery, New York)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, joint bequest, 1974


EXHIBITIONS
1970s

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Recent Acquisitions: Gifts and Purchases, May 2–June 1, 1975. (shown rotated)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, From the American Collection, September 30–November 13, 1977. 

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Art in America After World War II, January 18–February 25, 1979. (installed late)

1980s

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The New York School: Four Decades; Guggenheim Collection and Major Loans, July 1–August 29, 1982. (not in brochure)

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. (shown in New York only)

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. 60 (shown in New York only)

2000s

Museum of Modern Art, New York, How Simple Can You Get?, April 30–September 26, 2000. 

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Live/Work: Performance into Drawing, January 31–May 21, 2007. 

2010s

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960, June 8–September 12, 2012. 

Museum of Modern Art, New York, There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4'33", October 12, 2013–June 22, 2014. 

Tate Modern, London, Robert Rauschenberg, December 1, 2016–April 2, 2017. Organized with Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to Museum of Modern Art, New York (as Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends), May 21–September 17, 2017; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (as Robert Rauschenberg: Erasing the Rules), November 18, 2017–March 25, 2018. (shown in New York only)

2020s

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, May 24, 2019–January 12, 2020. 



LITERATURE
1990s

Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. p. 208 (pl. 134)

Hopps, Walter, and Susan Davidson. Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1997. Exhibition catalogue. no. 60, p. 88 (pl. 60)

Feinstein, Roni. “Rauschenberg: Solutions for a Small Planet.” Art in America 86, no. 2 (February 1998). p. 68 (ill.)

2000s

Steinberg, Leo. Encounters with Rauschenberg (A Lavishly Illustrated Lecture). Houston: Menil Collection; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. p. 11 (fig. 8)

2010s

Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2012. Exhibition catalogue. p. 147 (ill.)

Craft, Catherine. Robert Rauschenberg. London: Phaidon, 2013. p. 40 (no. 34)

Braun, Emily. Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2015. Exhibition catalogue. p. 75, 75 (fig. 59) (not exhibited)

Dickerman, Leah, and Achim Borchardt-Hume. Robert Rauschenberg. New York: Museum of Modern Art; London: Tate Publishing, 2016. Exhibition catalogue. p. 102 (pl. 61)