Word: rauschenbergs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right? By 1965 pop had become the most popular movement in American art history, drenched in ballyhoo, gratefully supported by legions of collectors whose appetites bore the same relation to connoisseurship that TV dinners do to poulet en demi-deuil. Warhol, Lichtenstein, Indiana, Rosenquist, Wesselmann, Oldenburg, Johns and Rauschenberg became instant household names, not counting their swarm of epigones. "What we have with the pop artists," wrote the English critic Lawrence Alloway, "is a situation in which success has been combined with misunderstanding." He had coined the term pop art, in England in 1957, "to refer approvingly to the product...
Johns and Rauschenberg, then, and Oldenburg, and some Warhol, a good deal of Lichtenstein and a few pieces by Rosenquist and (surprisingly enough, in view of his calamitous recent work) by Jim Dine: such are the survivors. The losers are more numerous...
COLLECTIONS. Cashing in on an art or coin collection requires specialized knowledge and a hefty checkbook. But the rewards can be enormous. One Manhattan art fancier (or is it financier?) bought a painting by Pop Artist Robert Rauschenberg for only $900 in 1958 and resold it recently for $85,000-a return on the original investment of more than 9,300%. One expert estimates that a good coin collection has appreciated in value by 75% annually for the last few years. Last summer Cleveland Coin Dealer Alan Yale, an ex-stockbroker, bought Mexican gold 50-peso pieces for $173 each...
...York City Sir / Hurrah for two Roberts-Robert Hughes for his excellent article, and Robert Rauschenberg for his courageous idea...
...clause as a legally enforceable condition of sale for his work. If he does, he must be willing to accept a lower price for his work than he would otherwise receive. The thinly veiled effect of legislated (required) art royalties is to discourage competitors of established artists (like Mr. Rauschenberg) by reducing market prices for the work of fledgling artists. Economists describe the effects of such legislation as raising "barriers to entry." Mr. Hughes would no doubt call this behavior in other markets reactionary...