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Details
- Date
- 1976
- Media category
- Installation
- Materials used
- fabric, bamboo pole, string, tin cans
- Dimensions
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247.0 x 173.0 x 66.0 cm installed
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a - fabric, 247 x 165 cm
b - pole, 254 cm, height
c - 27 tin cans, variable
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- John Kaldor Family Collection
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, 20th-century galleries
- Accession number
- L2010.82
- Copyright
- © Robert Rauschenberg/VAGA. Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Robert Rauschenberg
Works in the collection
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About
Robert Rauschenberg relocated from New York to Captiva Island, Florida in the 1970s. Reflecting this change in scenery, and the influence of a 1975 visit to Ahmedabad, India, his materials shifted from gritty urban detritus to a new range of textiles and found items.
'Nugget' belongs to a series of works made between 1975 and 1976 that recall the sails of the square-rigged boats, known as ‘windjammers’, that he had seen in India. Made from solid-colour textiles, they are distinct from the densely layered imagery and collages of the early 1970s.'Nugget' comprises two fabric panels, one of which is affixed to the wall. The other, partially supported by a pole, includes a pocket filled with tin cans that lend the otherwise light and airy textile a weighty, sculptural quality.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 12 Dec 1995–17 Mar 1996
Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 18 Apr 2003–06 Jul 2003
Unpainting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 2017–12 Aug 2018
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Nicholas Baume, From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Sydney, 1995, 52 (colour illus.), 86.
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Adam Free, Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Adelaide, 2003, 61.
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Wayne Tunnicliffe', John Kaldor family collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Robert Rauschenberg', pg.44-61, Sydney, 2011, 47, 54-55 (colour illus.). illustration on page 54 is a detail
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