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46 L++ family food fashions furnishings THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1974

Artists; Families Needing Aid Get It From Rauschenberg's Group

By ENID NEMY

Robert Rauschenberg, one of the country's most important modern painters, can still remember when ... when he left Port Arthur, Tex. ... when he earned living expenses working as a window display man ... when "$50 meant more to me than $50,000 does now."

So it follows that Mr. Rauschenberg, whose paintings can command six figures, has often been a soft touch with hard cash for artists still struggling along the road to success.

Until four years ago, he would delve into his pocket to assist young artists battling financial emergencies. Then he thoughts of a more organized way to help and founded Change, Inc., where established artists could help those not yet recognized.

"The art world is really a community, a minority group without any protection," Mr. Rauschenberg said yesterday, as he attended the preview of an exhibition whose proceeds will be devoted to his favorite project. "Most artists can't even get a credit card." 

The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, which will open today and continue through Nov. 24, comprises 65 works, contributed by Mr. Rauschenberg and such artists as James Rosenquist, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, George Segal, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol and Robert Peterson. The combined value of their gift (which is not tax deductible) is about $60,000. Individual works sell for $125 to $4,000.



[[picture]] The New York Times/Robert Walker
James Rosenquist, left, and Robert Rauschenberg were among artists at Museum of Modern Art for preview of exhibition that will benefit Change, Inc. Painting by Rauschenberg in foreground is $1,400.