Monogram (artwork)

Monogram
ArtistRobert Rauschenberg
Year1955–1959
TypeOil, paper, fabric, printed reproductions, metal, wood, rubber shoe-heel, and tennis ball on two conjoined canvases with oil on taxidermied Angora goat with brass plaque and rubber tire on wood platform mounted on four casters.
LocationModerna Museet, Stockholm
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854–1856, oil on canvas

Monogram is a Combine by American artist Robert Rauschenberg, made between 1955 and 1959.[1] It consists of a stuffed Angora goat with its midsection passing through an automobile tire.[2] Critic Jorg von Uthmann described it as Rauschenberg's most famous work in the Huffington Post.[3] In 1965, Pontus Hultén purchased the artwork for the collection of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

  1. ^ Michael Kimmelman (May 14, 2008). "Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Robert Rauschenberg: A delight in the ordinary". The Australian. News Limited. May 15, 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  3. ^ von Uthmann, Jorg (November 8, 2006). "Rauschenberg's Mystery Goat Stars in Paris Show of 'Combines'". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 14 February 2013.