Scope and Contents This is a biography of Robert Rauschenberg based upon personal interviews by the biographer of almost every one important to the artist over his entire life span. It begins with a quotation from Rauschenberg, "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in the gap between the two)"Mary Lynn Kotz provides a critical discussion of several artistic works reproduced in this book. One of them is "Opal Gospel, "a multiple artist book produced in 1971. The word 'opal' was suggested to Rauschenberg by the iridescent inks used in the work. It is an unbound book containing poems from the Nootka, Chippewa, Nanajo, Iglulik, Pawnee and Apache tribes, printed with Rauschenberg's illustrations from nature in iridescent ink on clear plexiglas. The panels or pages, are interchangeable in their stands. With this hauntingly iridescent work, Rauschenberg celebrated his own American Indian heritage. This biography is the only fully illustrated account of Rauschenberg's...

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This catalogue prints an extensive interview of Harvey S. Shipley Miller that provides the background as to how the collection was formed. Carl Andre's typed carbon drawing entitled "words men word..." from the collection of Eileen and Michael Cohen (purchased by Shipley Miller) is depicted on page 84 of this catalogue, and is identical to the Sackner typing who have called their piece July 26... after the title at the bottom of the drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.