9. Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled (Glossy Black Painting) 1951
Robert Rauschenberg between the years of 1951 and 1953 produced a body of black paintings often thought of as a series, but not conceived as such by the artist. These black paintings are usually matte or glossy-black paint, sometimes on multiple panels, made on canvas and largely mounted on a newspaper ground that is sometimes revealed but occasionally only apparent by the activated picture surfaces. Together they represent Rauschenberg’s extended study of the boundary between painting and collage.