Dickerman, Leah - Robert Rauschenberg : Canyon

Softcover with French flapsissue. A US first edition, first impression. The book is square and tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The covers are clean and unfaded. The pages are clean and unmarked. No markings or annotations in the text. The closed page edges are unmarked. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. A very nice copy.

In the mid-1950s, declaring "there is no reason not to consider the world as a gigantic painting," Robert Rauschenberg began a series of radical experiments with what he called "Combines," a term he coined to describe works that fused cast-off items like quilts or rubber tires with traditional supports. "Canyon" (1959), one of the artist's best-known Combines, is a large canvas affixed with paper, fabric, metal, personal photographs, wood, mirrors and one very striking object: a large stuffed bald eagle, wings outstretched, carrying a drooping pillow, and balanced upon a wooden plank jutting out from the canvas. "Canyon" is one of six Combines in MoMA's collection, and a landmark work that helped to revolutionize art in the postwar period. An essay by curator Leah Dickerman explores the legacy of this extraordinary piece, and places it within a key period in Rauschenberg's career.

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, 2013

Condition: Fine. Wrapper: No Jacket ( as Issued )