Erased de Kooning Drawing
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- | ''[[Erased de Kooning Drawing]]'' (1953) is a work by [[Rauschenberg]]. | + | ''[[Erased de Kooning Drawing]]'' (1953) is a work by [[Robert Rauschenberg]]. |
- | [[erasing]] a drawing by [[Willem de Kooning|de Kooning]]. Willem de Kooning was a symbol of [[abstract expressionism]]. Rauschenberg's Pop art was a reaction against it. | + | It is an [[erased]] a drawing by [[Willem de Kooning|de Kooning]]. Willem de Kooning was a symbol of [[abstract expressionism]]. Rauschenberg's Pop art was a reaction against it. |
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- | In a famously cited incident of 1953, Rauschenberg erased a drawing by [[Willem de Kooning|de Kooning]], which he obtained from his colleague for the express purpose of erasing it as an artistic statement. The result is titled ''[[Erased de Kooning Drawing]]''. | + | |
+ | Rauschenberg obtained the drawing from his colleague for the express purpose of erasing it as an [[artistic statement]]. | ||
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Erased de Kooning Drawing (1953) is a work by Robert Rauschenberg.
It is an erased a drawing by de Kooning. Willem de Kooning was a symbol of abstract expressionism. Rauschenberg's Pop art was a reaction against it.
Rauschenberg obtained the drawing from his colleague for the express purpose of erasing it as an artistic statement.
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