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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Soviet/American Array IV, 1988-90
Print (other) · Paper · ed. 33/58
S. 88 1/4 x 51 3/4 in. (224.2 x 131.4 cm)
Phillips · Apr 20, 2021 · Lot 33
$21,420≈ £15,338≈ €17,774Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
Shirtboards, Morocco, Italy, 52, 1991
Mixed media
Each: 21.5" high x 8" wide
Clarke Auction Gallery · Apr 11, 2021 · Lot 58
$2,000≈ £1,454≈ €1,680HammerSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Guggenheim Retrospective Plates, 1997 (group of four)
Toomey & Co. · Feb 25, 2021 · Lot 33
$325≈ £230≈ €266Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $500–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Street Sounds East, 1995
Toomey & Co. · Feb 25, 2021 · Lot 34
$3,900≈ £2,757≈ €3,190Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Untitled
Screenprint
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Feb 18, 2021 · Lot 632
$3,770≈ £2,700≈ €3,120Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
I Love NY
Print (other)
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Feb 18, 2021 · Lot 633
$1,250≈ £895≈ €1,034Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
More Distant...
Screenprint
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Feb 18, 2021 · Lot 634
$2,625≈ £1,880≈ €2,172Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
Quarry, 1968
Lithograph
34½ h x 26 w in (88 x 66 cm)
Rago Auctions · Feb 17, 2021 · Lot 162
$4,688≈ £3,380≈ €3,887Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Passport from Ten for Leo Castelli, 1967
Screenprint
21 h x 12½ d x 20 dia in (53 x 32 x 51 cm)
Rago Auctions · Feb 17, 2021 · Lot 163
$5,000≈ £3,605≈ €4,146Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Spot, 1964
Lithograph · Paper
41 h x 29½ w in (104 x 75 cm)
Rago Auctions · Feb 17, 2021 · Lot 167
$10,625≈ £7,662≈ €8,810Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗

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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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