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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Rotary Drive (Ground Rules), 1997
Photograph · Paper
22½ h x 30 w in (57 x 76 cm)
Wright · Feb 27, 2014 · Lot 252
$2,750≈ £1,652≈ €2,014Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Wright ↗
Why You Can't Tell #1, 1979
Screenprint · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Feb 23, 2014 · Lot 189
$1,750≈ £1,051≈ €1,274Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Earth Day Poster, 1990
Lithograph
sheet 60 x 40in
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2014 · Lot 5137
$688≈ £415≈ €503Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–800View at Bonhams ↗
Untitled (cracked surface and rivets) from Bleacher Series, 1989
Photograph
28 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (71.4 x 58.7 cm.)
Phillips · Nov 12, 2013 · Lot 239
$30,000≈ £18,866≈ €22,335Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $25,000–35,000View at Phillips ↗
Sink, 1964
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 10/43
I. 14 7/8 x 16 in (37.8 x 40.6 cm) S. 15 5/8 x 16 in (39.7 x 40.6 cm)
Phillips · Oct 28, 2013 · Lot 257
$5,625≈ £3,483≈ €4,081Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
Horn, from Stoned Moon series, 1969
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 9/58
S. 41 3/8 x 34 in (105.1 x 86.4 cm)
Phillips · Oct 28, 2013 · Lot 258
$2,750≈ £1,703≈ €1,995Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
Study For Chinese Summer Hall: one print, 1983
Photograph · Paper · ed. 10/30
I. 26 1/4 x 26 1/4 in (66.7 x 66.7 cm); S. 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Phillips · Oct 28, 2013 · Lot 260
$4,375≈ £2,709≈ €3,174Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
People Have enough Trouble without Being Intimidated by an Artichoke; and Back Out, from A Suite of Nine Prints, 1979
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 17/100
both S. 30 3/4 x 23 in (78.1 x 58.4 cm)
Phillips · Oct 28, 2013 · Lot 261
$5,000≈ £3,096≈ €3,627Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
Statue of Liberty, from New York, New York, 1983
Screenprint · Paper
S. 35 1/4 x 23 1/2 in (89.5 x 59.7 cm)
Phillips · Oct 28, 2013 · Lot 262
$4,375≈ £2,709≈ €3,174Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
The Razorback Bunch (Etching IV), from The Razorback Bunch series, 1981
Etching · Paper · ed. 15/26
overall I. 45 1/4 x 24 in (114.9 x 61 cm) S. 48 x 31 1/2 in (121.9 x 80 cm)
Phillips · Oct 28, 2013 · Lot 264
$1,750≈ £1,083≈ €1,270Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View 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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