Lithograph on paper
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Night Grip
Purchased 1981
animals: birds
eagle
emotions, concepts and ideas
exploration: Space Age, late 20th c.
formal qualities
history
natural phenomena
photographic
politics and society
rocket
society
transport: air
water
paper print lithograph
Night Grip
image: 633 × 457 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07498</b> NIGHT GRIP 1966
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Rauschenberg 66’ bottom right and ‘HC 3/10’
<br/>Lithograph, printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, New York, in an edition of 35, 25×18 (63.3×45.7)
<br/>Purchased at Christie's, New York (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
<br/><i>Lit:</i> <i>Rauschenberg Graphic Art</i> (exh. catalogue), Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania 1970, no.34
<br/>Robert Rauschenberg Prints 1948–1970 (exh. catalogue), Minneapolis Institute of Arts 1970, no.36
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<br/>This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> was made for the New Lincoln School in New York. It appears to be the only <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithograph</span></a> made in 1966; inclusion of a rocket in the imagery anticipates the ‘Stoned Moon’ series (33 lithographs made at Gemini, G.E.L. Los Angeles, 1969 to commemorate the launching of Apollo II).
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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animals: birds eagle emotions, concepts and ideas exploration: Space Age, late 20th c. formal qualities history natural phenomena photographic politics and society rocket society transport: air water