Robert Rauschenberg, Apology, 1968

1968

Current Collection

Great Britain

Medium: solvent transfer, watercolour, gouache and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 5.1 × 76.2 cm
Status: In Gallery Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-153686

Included in Sonnabend Paris's legendary Rauschenberg drawing show, the imagery in this work signals the artist's active engagement with political issues and popular causes. The supremely controversial power salute of the black athletes at the 1968 Olympics is reproduced at left, alongside an image of President Johnson with his arms outstretched, his gesture mimicked by the wings of the corporate jet. Ursula Andress emerges from the waves at bottom, straight from her appearance in James Bonds' Dr. No,

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