Robert Rauschenberg died yesterday, at age 82. Here’s Michael Kimmelman’s piece in the New York Times, and Alan Artner’s in the Chicago News Tribune.

Here at the Henry, we’ll be showing a few Rauschenberg works from our collection on the mezzanine this summer. We’ll be exhibiting Booster along with several test stones that were created as part of this ambitious project. This was already in our exhibition schedule - but it now seems appropriate that we will be able to commemorate this amazing artist.

Image - from MoMA.org - Robert Rauschenberg. (American, born 1925). Booster from the series Booster and 7 Studies. 1967. Lithograph and screenprint, composition: 71 1/2 x 35 1/8″ (181.7 x 89.3 cm); sheet: 72 3/16 x 35 9/16″ (183.4 x 90.4 cm). Publisher and printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles. Edition: 38. John B. Turner Fund