switchbitch: Robert Rauschenberg, “Erased de Kooning Drawing,” 1953. One of Rauschenberg’s most controversial artworks. Rauschenberg asked his famous colleague and abstract expressionist Willem De Kooning for a drawing that he could collaborate on by erasing it down to minute scratchings. The de Kooning drawing was said to be very dense and took Rauschenberg 2 months to erase. I enjoy the silent joke of this work. I am incredibly drawn to the avant-garde and their quiet (and sometimes not so quiet) intelligent comments.

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Robert Rauschenberg, “Erased de Kooning Drawing,” 1953.

One of Rauschenberg’s most controversial artworks. Rauschenberg asked his famous colleague and abstract expressionist Willem De Kooning for a drawing that he could collaborate on by erasing it down to minute scratchings. The de Kooning drawing was said to be very dense and took Rauschenberg 2 months to erase. I enjoy the silent joke of this work. I am incredibly drawn to the avant-garde and their quiet (and sometimes not so quiet) intelligent comments.

Jun. 2 2012
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#Robert Rauschenberg #erased de kooning drawing #modern art
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    and so am i !
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    Robert Rauschenberg, Erased de Kooning Drawing (1953)
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    this is the kind of thing I don’t even bother arguing with my parents about any more. amazing
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