Robert Rauschenberg

American · 1925–2008 · Painter, Printmaker

Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg was an American painter and multi-media artist, whose work has been associated with numerous mid-20th century art movements… (Wikipedia)

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Gospel Yodel (Salvage Series)Phillips · Oct 2025£709,500≈ $952,646≈ €817,792Sign up to see
County Sweep (Galvanic Suite)Ketterer Kunst · Jun 2018€537,500≈ $631,778≈ £471,581Sign up to see
Climb (Urban Bourbon)Phillips · May 2026$619,200≈ £461,401≈ €533,839Sign up to see

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Earth Day, 1990
Lithograph
60" h x 40" w
Clarke Auction Gallery · May 15, 2023 · Lot 76
$550≈ £440≈ €506HammerSign up free to seeEst. $500–700View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Centennial Certificate, Metropolitan Museum of Art PosterAfter the artist
Lithograph
image size 34 x 24 1/2 in.
Bonhams · May 2, 2023 · Lot 142
$128≈ £102≈ €116Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $200–300View at Bonhams ↗
For Trisha Brown Dance co. at Castelli Gallery May 16-30, circa 1981
Print (other)
30 x 22 in
Sloans & Kenyon · Apr 27, 2023 · Lot 192
$650≈ £521≈ €589HammerSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–1,400View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
Local Quarry One, 1968
Lithograph
33¼ h x 24⅞ w in (84 x 63 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 142
$1,260≈ £1,011≈ €1,141Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Shell (from the Stoned Moon series), 1969
Lithograph · Paper
24 h x 19½ w in (61 x 50 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 144
$1,890≈ £1,516≈ €1,712Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Noname (Elephant) (from the For Meyer Schapiro portfolio), 1973
Mixed media
28 h x 20⅛ w in (71 x 51 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 222
$1,638≈ £1,314≈ €1,484Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Romances (Yoke) (from the Romances series), 1977
Lithograph
26¼ h x 20 w in (67 x 51 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 224
$2,772≈ £2,224≈ €2,511Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
L.A. Uncovered #11 (from the L.A. Uncovered series), 1998
Screenprint
30¾ h x 22½ w in (78 x 57 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 309
$2,268≈ £1,819≈ €2,055Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Opal Gospel
Screenprint · Panel · ed. 148/230
20.75 inches x 22.75 inches x 6.75 inches
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 395
$4,000≈ £3,209≈ €3,624Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–4,000View at Jackson's International Auctioneers ↗
Spackle, from Harvey Gantt Portfolio (G. 1449), 1990
Lithograph · Paper · ed. AP
S. 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.9 x 11.4 cm)
Phillips · Apr 18, 2023 · Lot 275
$2,413≈ £1,938≈ €2,199Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–1,500View at Phillips ↗

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Robert Rauschenberg signature

465 catalogued lots by Robert Rauschenberg record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (46% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right36
on the reverse12
lower left10
in the margin8
lower centre6
along the bottom3

Form

signed283
signed in pencil95
signed and dated79
initialled6
monogrammed1
with seals1

Signed, numbered and dated on the lower right: Rauschenberg, AP 10/25, 73 — Plot from Reality and Paradoxes, im Kinsky, Jun 16, 2026
Signed and dated "RAUSCHENBERG 93" lower right of the right element — Climb (Urban Bourbon), Phillips, May 21, 2026
Signed and dated "Rauschenberg 90" lower right — South Haunt (Borealis), Phillips, May 21, 2026

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About Robert Rauschenberg

Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg was an American painter and multi-media artist, whose work has been associated with numerous mid-20th century art movements including the New York School, Conceptual Art, Pop art, and Neo-Dada. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artworks which incorporated everyday objects as art materials and which blurred the distinctions between painting and sculpture. Rauschenberg was primarily a painter and a sculptor, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking and performance.

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