Robert Rauschenberg
Paintings and Sculptures
1948–1953
53.051 / 50
50 Untitled (Scatole e Feticci Personali), ca. 1953
Wood box, paint, wood slats, bone, twine, vial, printed paper, thread, bead, cork stopper, and ball (?)
Dimensions unknown
Presumed destroyed
RRF 53.051


EXHIBITIONS
1950s

Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Scatole e costruzioni contemplative di Bob Rauschenberg, opened March 14, 1953. (likely shown)

Galleria dell’Obelisco, Rome, Bob Rauschenberg: Scatole e feticci personali, March 3–10, 1953. (likely shown)



LITERATURE
1990s

Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. p. 139 (pl. 86) (not exhibited)

2000s

Cullinan, Nicholas. “Double Exposure: Robert Rauschenberg’s and Cy Twombly’s Roman Holiday.” Burlington Magazine 150, no. 1264 (July 2008). p. 468 (fig. 36)