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Earth Day,

1970

Robert Rauschenberg, 1925–2008; born Port Arthur, TX; died Captiva Island, FL
Printed at and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
x1971-21
Posters represented an important segment of Rauschenberg’s enormous printmaking output, appealing to the artist’s strong sense of political and social consciousness, while providing the opportunity for his art to reach a broader public. The design for this lithograph originated as a poster Rauschenberg created for the American Environment Foundation to honor the first Earth Day celebrations on April 22, 1970. Castelli Graphics published an edition of 10,000 as offset lithographs but also had three hundred copies printed by hand on highquality paper with an added collage element; these omitted the date and were signed by the artist as fine art prints.

Information

Title
Earth Day
Dates

1970

Medium
Color lithograph with collage
Dimensions
132 × 95 cm (51 15/16 × 37 3/8 in.) frame: 141.2 × 103.5 × 4.8 cm (55 9/16 × 40 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum
Object Number
x1971-21
Place Made

North America, United States, California, Los Angeles

Inscription
Signed, numbered, and dated in graphite, bottom left: RAUSCHENBERG 29//50 70 Workshop number on verso in graphite, bottom right: RR 70-350
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped, bottom right: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif. Copyright and Gemini blindstamps, bottom left
Reference Numbers
Foster 154 [original]; RRF 70.E016; Gemini 256
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