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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

TITLE: Talisman
ARTIST: Robert Rauschenberg
DATE: 8/5/59
TYPE OF MOUNTING: Combine painting (collage)
ORDER NO: 59
OWNER: Mr. and Mrs. Arnold H. Maremont
ORDER NO: 59
Referred by: Leo Castelli
Castelli Gallery
4 E. 77th St.
New York, New York

DIMENSIONS:
Painting: 28" x 42 1/4"
Frame: 28 1/4" x 42 3/4"

SUPPORT:
Painting: Small patches of paper and silk pasted over canvas on wood.

Frame: plain unvarnished wood 1/4" wide inset from side of canvas and flush with back ends of stretchers.

Backing: unprimed cotton canvas

PAINT FILM: mixture of oil and miscellaneous pigments

GROUND: none

PRESENT CONDITION: good, except for two puncture type hole's, one large and one slight depression.

Painting Support: 2 1/2" in from left side of painting - 7 1/4" from left base. Hole extends from front to back of picture.

Pigments: mixture of water color and oil. Slightly chalky and unstable.

Reverse of Painting: (hole) 
Canvas is stapled to back of frame. Strips of wood help support canvas in place. Small and large nails are used in helping to support frame. Particularly noticable is one nail in center support wood strip which was driven diagonally projecting through the wood and has caused the wood to split.