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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is an art foundation that preserves and provides access to the legacy, archives, and history of the artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008).

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Overview

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation maintains archives and research resources relating to the artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), including an exhibition history, a performance history, and an oral history project. Its exhibition history, originally prepared by Mary Lynn Kotz for Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1997), has been revised and updated and is continually updated by Foundation staff and curatorial interns. The Foundation, in collaboration with INCITE/Columbia Center for Oral History Research, undertook the Robert Rauschenberg Oral History Project (2014-2018), a collection of firsthand accounts housed on the foundation website. The Foundation also maintains an ongoing Stories Project and welcomes first-hand accounts about the artist.

History

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation maintains research resources on the artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008). Its exhibition history was originally prepared by Mary Lynn Kotz for Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1997) and has been revised and updated by Helen Hsu, with additional research by Amanda Sroka; the online version is continually updated by Foundation staff and curatorial interns. The Foundation's performance history dating through 1997 is based on the version appearing in Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1997), and has been updated by Jennifer Sarathy with staff at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. In collaboration with INCITE/Columbia Center for Oral History Research, the Foundation undertook the Robert Rauschenberg Oral History Project (2014-2018), a collection of firsthand accounts as told by the artist's family, friends, and many collaborators, housed on the foundation website, with transcripts also viewable at the Columbia University website and in its Rare Books and Manuscript Library, New York. The Foundation also maintains an ongoing Stories Project.

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