Rauschenberg, Robert - 1960 - Galerie 22 Düsseldorf

Rauschenberg, Robert (together with Cy Twombly)

born 1925 in Port Arthur, died 2008 in Captiva Island, USA

invitation Galerie 22 Düsseldorf
1960 ( april 22 - may 30 )
letterpress printing
21 cm x 42 cm
was folded (invitation), traces of age, generally in good condition (look at additional photos).

order no. 19022

Invitation to the first exhibition of the two artists in Germany. An early and rare document of the power of American art in Europe and Germany
after World War II. The exhibition was hosted in collaboration with the galleries Castelli / New York and La Tartaruga / Rome. Galerie 22 in Düsseldorf existed only from 1957 to 1960 and was directed by Jean-Pierre Wilhelm. It was one of the few and most important galleries for contemporary art and avantgarde art in Germany.

Lit.:

Ruby, Sigrid: "Have We An American Art?" Präsentation und Rezeption amerikanischer Malerei im Westdeutschland und Westeuropa der Nachkriegszeit, Weimar 1999, p.424

Rennert, Susanne u.a.: Jean-Pierre Wilhelm, Informel, Fluxus und die Galerie 22, Köln 2013, p.96 ff.

See also our catalogue 'From Arp to Pollock': Art and exhibition posters in France and Germany 1945-1960, Köln 2016