In 1975 Rauschenberg had an artist’s residency in Ahmedabad, India, a city famous for its textile production. While there, Rauschenberg became inspired by the local fabrics, and soon after his return to the United States, he created his Jammer series. In these works, the artist cut large, monochromatic swaths of silk or satin procured in India and either pinned them to the wall or attached them to poles, so they hung and moved like sails or flags (the series’ title is a reference to a "windjammer" sailboat). Vow, (Jammer) is distinctive within this body of work for the way it articulates itself away from the wall, assuming a sculptural presence in the room.
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Credit Line:Gift of Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; Gifts of The A.L. Levine Family Foundation, Hon. and Mrs. Peter I. B. Lavan, and Sam A. Lewisohn, by exchange; Stephen Mazoh Gift, in honor of Nan Rosenthal; Arthur Lejwa Fund, in honor of Jean Arp; Marie Bannon McHenry, Anne K. Jones, and Barbara M. and Richard S. Lane Gifts; Gifts of Joan and Lester Avnet, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Blatt, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Gould, by exchange; Norman M. Leff Bequest; and Gifts of the Committee for Dolia Lorian and Mrs. Francis Kughler, by exchange, 2013
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art [The Met Breuer]. "Home Is a Foreign Place: Recent Acquisitions in Context," April 9, 2019–March 12, 2020 [intended closing date June 21, 2020], no catalogue [added to the exhibition on November 22, 2019].
Mirta D'Argenzio with Mayo Thompson inRobert Rauschenberg: Travelling '70– '76. Exh. cat., Fundacao de Serralves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto. Milan, , p. 240, no. 62, ill. p. 137 (color).
Joan Young inRobert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective. Ed. Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1997, pp. 330, 392, no. 313, ill. p. 374 (color).
James Lawrence inRobert Rauschenberg. Exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery. New York, 2010, p. 27, ill. pp. 122–23 (color).
James Cahill. Robert Rauschenberg: Art/Life. [Hampton Wick, Surrey], 2013, ill. p. 14 (color).
Shanay Jhaveri. Western Artists and India: Creative Inspirations in Art and Design. Ed. Shanay Jhaveri. 2013, p. 12, ill. p. 227, fig. 3 (color).
Hrag Vartanian. "US Museums Acquire Nine Works by Robert Rauschenberg." hyperallergic.com. March 19, 2014, ill. (color).
Robert Rauschenberg (American, Port Arthur, Texas 1925–2008 Captiva Island, Florida)
1981
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