Rainwater, Robert
Dates
- Existence: 1943-02-12 - 2018-11-13
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American Livre de Peintre, The / Rainwater R ; Bochner M ; Drescher H ; Kruger B ; Samaras L ; Johns J ; Duchamp M ; Mathews H ; Winkfield T ; Fahlstrom O ; Beckett S., 1993
The exhibition was curated by Elizabeth Phillips and Tony Zwicker; the introduction was written by Robert Rainwater. The Sackner Archive owns other copies of the following books that were exhibited: Mel Bochner: Ludwig Wittgenstein's On Certainty; Henrik Drescher's Too Much Bliss; Jasper Johns' Foirades/Fizzles; Barbara Kruger's My Pretty Pony; Lucas Samarus' Book; Edwin Schlossberg's Wordswordswords; Wallace Ting's 1 cent Life; Trevor Winkfield's Harry Mathews The Way Home. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Beyond Surrealism / Ernst, Max ; Iliazd ; Rainwater R., 1986
This retospective of the books and prints was edited by Robert Rainwater. "Maximiliana" held by the Sackner Archive is described as Ernst's "highest accomplishment in printed art...adapt[ing] indirect, semi-automatic procedures originating in Surrealism of the 1920's for the realization of the book's 34 etchings and aquatints." Greet's essay, "Max Ernst and the Artist's Book." is a detailed study of collaboration of Ernst with Iliazd, based on the work of the astronomer, W. Tempel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Books & Prints / Tuttle, Richard ; Rainwater R., 1997
Tuttle designed the brochure and poster accompanying the exhibition. Robert Rainwater contributed an essay on livres d'artist and prints of the artist. The duplicate copy does not have the paper ribbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.