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Robert Rauschenberg
Quorum, from Bones and Unions (G. 645)
Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000
Live 22 April, 5 PM ET
Lot Details
1975
Multiple comprised of rag-mud, rope, bamboo and mud.
dimensions variable 60 x 44 x 4 1/4 in. (152.4 x 111.8 x 10.8 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 10/13 in black ink (there were also 7 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, produced in the United States.
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Catalogue Essay
For his second project outside the Gemini workshop, Rauschenberg and members of the Felsen family and Gemini staff traveled to the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India to create Bones, airy, fragile constructions of handmade paper and bamboo strips and Unions. The six Unions are made of rag-mud, a mixture of paper pulp, fenugreek powder, ground tamarind seed, calk powder, gum powder, copper sulphate, and water. The rag-mud’s strong aroma lasts long after the material has dried and is a distinctive feature of this series. Connected to the hand-shaped rag-mud forms are ropes, dyed strings and bamboo.
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