Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Count (Shales), 1994 Fire wax and transfer on canvas mounted on board with painted aluminum frame 49-3/8 x 37-3/8 inches (125.4 x 94.9 cm) Signed and dated lower center: Rauschenberg 94 PROVENANCE: Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London. EXHIBITED: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc, New York, "Robert Rauschenberg: Shales," September 13–October 5, 1994; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, "Robert Rauschenberg, Shales Series," February 18–March 22, 1995; Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, "Robert Rauschenberg: Shales," September 24–November 1, 1997. LITERATURE: Bryan Robertson, Robert Rauschenberg: Shales, exhibition catalogue, London, 1997. NOTE: This work is registered in the archives of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation under RRF 94.063. Rauschenberg's Shales (1994–95) were made using a fire-wax technique developed by Donald Saff of Saff Tech Arts, Oxford, Maryland, in which Rauschenberg's photographic images were transferred onto wax-covered canvases with encaustic. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved See More