Robert Rauschenberg, Bicycloid VII, 1992.
Bicycloid VII. 1992.
Bicycle, framed with colored neon tubes, on an aluminum base.
151 x 190 x 56 cm (59.4 x 74.8 x 22 in).
Unique object, from a series of 9 bicycle sculptures. Functioning. [AR].
• Unique object - a hybrid of readymade and neon sculpture.
• One of the rare neon sculptures by the American artist.
• His innovativeness made him one of the most pioneering artists of his time.
• This is the first time a "Bicycloid" by Robert Rauschenberg is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• The artist had another "Bicycloid" at his Gulf House in Captiva, Florida, while another copy is part of the Tokyo street art project \~"Faret Tachikawa".
• Acquired directly from the artist through the renowned Swiss gallery Jamileh Weber, it has since been part of a renowned German private collection.
The work is registered in the archive of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, with the number "RRF 92.113" .
PROVENANCE: Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich (directly from the artist).
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2005).
EXHIBITION: Robert Rauschenberg/Darryl Pottorf, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, April 16 - July 3, 1993.
L'Arte della Biciclette - da Duchamp a Rauschenberg, Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Varese, May 12 - September 16, 2001, Groninger Museum, Groningen, May 8 - September 1, 2002, pp. 82-83 (illu. in color on the cover and on p. 83).
"Duchamp's life and work are a source of endless inspiration to me. His Bicycle Wheel has always struck me as one of the most beautiful masterpieces of sculpture that I have ever seen."
Robert Rauschenberg, quoted from: L'Arte della Biciclette - da Duchamp a Rauschenberg, 2001, p. 82.
"In some way a Rauschenberg is always an allegory of American life in its more hectic aspects - therefore a diary of its own."
Dore Ashton, Object versus Illusion. New York Commentary, Studio (London) 167, nr. 849, Jan. 1964, p. 41–43, here p. 42.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 18.48 h +/- 20 min.
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Bicycloid VII. 1992.
Bicycle, framed with colored neon tubes, on an aluminum base.
151 x 190 x 56 cm (59.4 x 74.8 x 22 in).
Unique object, from a series of 9 bicycle sculptures. Functioning. [AR].
• Unique object - a hybrid of readymade and neon sculpture.
• One of the rare neon sculptures by the American artist.
• His innovativeness made him one of the most pioneering artists of his time.
• This is the first time a "Bicycloid" by Robert Rauschenberg is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• The artist had another "Bicycloid" at his Gulf House in Captiva, Florida, while another copy is part of the Tokyo street art project \~"Faret Tachikawa".
• Acquired directly from the artist through the renowned Swiss gallery Jamileh Weber, it has since been part of a renowned German private collection.
The work is registered in the archive of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, with the number "RRF 92.113" .
PROVENANCE: Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich (directly from the artist).
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2005).
EXHIBITION: Robert Rauschenberg/Darryl Pottorf, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, April 16 - July 3, 1993.
L'Arte della Biciclette - da Duchamp a Rauschenberg, Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Varese, May 12 - September 16, 2001, Groninger Museum, Groningen, May 8 - September 1, 2002, pp. 82-83 (illu. in color on the cover and on p. 83).
"Duchamp's life and work are a source of endless inspiration to me. His Bicycle Wheel has always struck me as one of the most beautiful masterpieces of sculpture that I have ever seen."
Robert Rauschenberg, quoted from: L'Arte della Biciclette - da Duchamp a Rauschenberg, 2001, p. 82.
"In some way a Rauschenberg is always an allegory of American life in its more hectic aspects - therefore a diary of its own."
Dore Ashton, Object versus Illusion. New York Commentary, Studio (London) 167, nr. 849, Jan. 1964, p. 41–43, here p. 42.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 18.48 h +/- 20 min.
