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A Venetian canal?

Robert Rauschenburg (1925-2008)

Sor Aqua (Venetian) (1973)

-wood and metal suspended with rope over water-filled tub with glass jug

 

Nearly a decade after becoming the first American to win the grand prize at the Venice Biennale in 1964,Rauschenburg returned to the floating city.

With its water-filled bathtub,this work evokes Venetian canals:its suspended tangle of found rusted metals refers to the aging.deteriorating surfaces throughout the city.

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Uploaded on July 24, 2017
Taken on July 18, 2017