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Wooden Gallop

Artist Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008)
Date1962
MediumMixed media (paint, paper, fragments of wood, and rusted metals) on plywood
DimensionsOverall: 49 × 49 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (124.5 × 125.7 × 27.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 31 1/2 × 49 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (80 × 125.7 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsModern art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.693
Terms
  • Abstract
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • Brown
  • Pop art
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DescriptionThis is a mixed media on plywood artwork. It is a type of work that blurs the line between painting and sculpture: invented by the artist, he termed the artwork "Combine." This "Combine" includes brushwork, paper, fragments of wood, and various (rusted) metals attached to a plywood panel. A deflated yellow rubber life raft with a wooden paddle protrudes upward and outward from the frame. A coke can dangles from the yellow raft.

Label TextRobert Rauschenberg American, 1925–2008 Wooden Gallop, 1962 Mixed media on plywood In the early 1960s, Robert Rauschenberg dismissed long-held distinctions between painting and sculpture, and art and everyday life, by creating assemblages, or what he called “combines.” Here he loaded a plywood surface with paint, discarded cans, a piece of a life raft, and rusted metal shards. The meaning remains elusive and nonsensical, and the piece’s vague associations make traditional methods of art analysis useless. Yet, for all its deliberate disorder, the work achieves an unexpected balance and harmony, drawing fragments of our modern civilization into a singular object that celebrates chance and incongruity. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.693

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