Robert Rauschenberg

Water Stop

1968

Artwork © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Artist: Robert Rauschenberg 1925–2008
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: Image: 1375 × 806 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1981
Reference: P07444

Catalogue entry

P07444 WATER STOP 1968

Inscribed ‘Rauschenberg 68’ bottom right and ‘TP 2/2’
Lithograph, printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions in an edition of 28, 54 1/4×31 3/4 (137.5×80.2)
Purchased from Universal Limited Art Editions (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
Lit: op.cit., Pennsylvania no.53 op.cit., Minneapolis no.50

One of Rauschenberg's most complex prints, made between Autumn 1967 and May 1968, the print contains imagery relating to Robert Kennedy's candidacy for President. The edition was completed a week before his assassination. In this and other prints of the same date Rauschenberg used current magazines from the news stands for source material, seeking a vivid immediacy and relevance that his accumulated stocks of source material could not supply.

Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984