Erased de Kooning Drawing

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Erased de Kooning Drawing is a landmark 1953 conceptual artwork by Robert Rauschenberg in which he erased a drawing by Willem de Kooning to explore authorship, creation, and destruction in art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artwork ⓘ
drawing ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artForm conceptual art ⓘ
drawing ⓘ
backgroundColor cream-colored paper ⓘ
collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ
describedAs landmark 1953 conceptual artwork by Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ
framedBy simple gilded frame ⓘ
genre appropriation art ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
process art ⓘ
hasContributor Jasper Johns as framer and inscriber ⓘ
Willem de Kooning as original draftsman ⓘ
hasCreatorRole Robert Rauschenberg as eraser of the original drawing ⓘ
hasPart hand-drawn inscription by Jasper Johns ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
influenced discourse on appropriation art ⓘ
later conceptual artists ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Willem de Kooning ⓘ
inscription “Erased de Kooning Drawing, Robert Rauschenberg, 1953” ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage English ⓘ
location San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
mainSubject artistic collaboration ⓘ
authorship in art ⓘ
creation and destruction in art ⓘ
erasure as artistic method ⓘ
materialUsed crayon ⓘ
ink ⓘ
paper ⓘ
pencil ⓘ
movement Conceptual art ⓘ
Neo-Dada ⓘ
notableFor being a landmark of conceptual art ⓘ
exploring authorship in art ⓘ
questioning originality and ownership ⓘ
using erasure as a creative act ⓘ
originalCreatorOfErasedImage Willem de Kooning ⓘ
publisher Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ
significantEvent creation by erasing a drawing by Willem de Kooning ⓘ
presentation as finished artwork in 1953 ⓘ
technique drawing ⓘ
erasure ⓘ
theme collaboration and permission in art-making ⓘ
dematerialization of the art object ⓘ
destruction as creation ⓘ

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Robert Rauschenberg → notableWork → Erased de Kooning Drawing ⓘ
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg → notableWork → Erased de Kooning Drawing ⓘ
subject linked to: Milton
Erased de Kooning Drawing → inscription → “Erased de Kooning Drawing, Robert Rauschenberg, 1953” ⓘ
linked to: Erased de Kooning Drawing
Excavation → partOf → Willem de Kooning’s early 1950s oeuvre ⓘ
linked to: Erased de Kooning Drawing