Robert Rauschenberg

American, 1925-2008

Untitled (Labor's Centennial)

© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Untitled (Labor's Centennial), 1981

Artwork Details

Materials

lithograph

Edition:

32/100

Measurements

sheet: 36 x 24 inches (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of the National AFL-CIO Council, 1982

Accession ID

P1982:34

Robert Rauschenberg created this print to mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the organized labor movement in America. He included direct references to the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) as well as images that represented, more generally, collaboration and movements toward labor reform. Rauschenberg’s chosen images show unidentified strikes, evoking a sense of ongoing protest and of the necessity of struggle. Seals and badges from national and regional labor organizations are shown at the bottom. Also included is an image of Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995.

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