Erased de Kooning Drawing
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Erased de Kooning Drawing is a landmark 1953 conceptual artwork by Robert Rauschenberg in which he erased a drawing by Willem de Kooning to explore authorship, creation, and destruction in art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erased de Kooning Drawing canonical | 2 |
| Willem de Kooning’s early 1950s oeuvre | 1 |
| “Erased de Kooning Drawing, Robert Rauschenberg, 1953” | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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drawing ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| artForm |
conceptual art
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drawing ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | cream-colored paper ⓘ |
| collection | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ |
| describedAs | landmark 1953 conceptual artwork by Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ |
| framedBy | simple gilded frame ⓘ |
| genre |
appropriation art
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conceptual art ⓘ process art ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Jasper Johns as framer and inscriber
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Willem de Kooning as original draftsman ⓘ |
| hasCreatorRole | Robert Rauschenberg as eraser of the original drawing ⓘ |
| hasPart | hand-drawn inscription by Jasper Johns ⓘ |
| inception | 1953 ⓘ |
| influenced |
discourse on appropriation art
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later conceptual artists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Willem de Kooning ⓘ |
| inscription |
Erased de Kooning Drawing
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
“Erased de Kooning Drawing, Robert Rauschenberg, 1953”
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| inscriptionLanguage | English ⓘ |
| location | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
artistic collaboration
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authorship in art ⓘ creation and destruction in art ⓘ erasure as artistic method ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
crayon
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ink ⓘ paper ⓘ pencil ⓘ |
| movement |
Conceptual art
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Neo-Dada ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a landmark of conceptual art
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exploring authorship in art ⓘ questioning originality and ownership ⓘ using erasure as a creative act ⓘ |
| originalCreatorOfErasedImage | Willem de Kooning ⓘ |
| publisher | Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
creation by erasing a drawing by Willem de Kooning
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presentation as finished artwork in 1953 ⓘ |
| technique |
drawing
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erasure ⓘ |
| theme |
collaboration and permission in art-making
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dematerialization of the art object ⓘ destruction as creation ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg
this entity surface form:
“Erased de Kooning Drawing, Robert Rauschenberg, 1953”
this entity surface form:
Willem de Kooning’s early 1950s oeuvre