Brake
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lithograph on Arches Cover wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 106.7 x 73.7 cm (42 x 29 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1985.47.156
Art Historical Context
**Brake** (1969) by Robertchenberg is a captivating lithograph on Arches Cover wove paper, measuring 42 x 29 inches, now housed in the National Gallery of Art's print collection thanks to the generous gift of Benjamin B. Smith. large-scale work exemplifies Rauschenberg's mastery of printmaking during a pivotal era in his career, when he pushed the boundaries of traditional media. Rauschenberg, a trailblazing American artist associated with Neo-Dada and Pop Art, revolutionized art in the post-World War II years by blending painting, sculpture, and found objects in his iconic "Combines." By 196...
About the Artist
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg, born Milton Ernest Rauschenberg on October 22, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas, to parents Ernest R. Rauschenberg and Dora Carolina (née Matson), grew up in a Fundamentalist Christian household. Initially enrolled in pharmacology at the University of Texas at Austin, he dropped out and pursued art studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and Paris's Académie Julian, where he met a...