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Checklist of the Exhibition

Minutiae 1954
Photo Panel: Set with ensemble. Photo by John G. Ross.
Music: John Cage. Costumes: Remy Charlip. Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Anita Dencks, Viola Farber, Jo Anne Melsher, Marianne Preger, Remy Charlip. 

Nocturnes 1956
Photo Panels: 1. Carolyn Brown, William Davis, Shareen Blair, Steve Paxton. Photo by Richard Rutledge. 2. Viola Farber, Bruce King, Remy Charlip, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham. Photo by Louis Stevenson. 3. Ensemble. Photo by Oscar Bailey. 
Music: Erik Satie. Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Marianne Preger, Remy Charlip, Bruce King. 

Changeling 1957
Photo Panel: Merce Cunningham. Photo by Richard Rutledge. 
MusicL Christian Wolff. Dancer: Merce Cunningham. 

Antic Meet 1958
Photo Panels: 1. Barbara Dilley, Viola Farber, Shareen Blair, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham. Photo by Fannie Helen Melcer. 2. Merce Cunningham. Photo by Marvin Silver. 3. Steve Paxton, Merce Cunningham. Photo by Marvin Silver. 4. Steve Paxton, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham. Photo by Marvin Silver. 5. Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown. Photo by Marvin Silver. 6-7. Merce Cunningham. Photos by Richard Rutledge. 
Music: John Cage. Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Cynthia Stone, Marilyn Wood and Remy Charlip. 

Summerspace 1958
Photo Panels: Meg Harper, Cathy Kerr, Julie Ross-Smith, Chris Komar. Photo by Jack Mitchell. 2. Viola Farber, Julie Ross-Smith. Photo by Richard Rutledge. 3. Carolyn Brown. Photo by Richard Rutledge.
Music: Morton Feldman. Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Cynthia Stone, Marilyn Wood, Remy Charlip. 

Aeon 1960
Photo Panels: 1-2. Merce Cunningham, Steve Paxton, Carolyn Brown. Photos by Richard Rutledge.
MusicL John Cage. Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Judith Dunn, Marilyn Wood, Shareen Blair, Valda Satterfield, Remy Charlip, Steve Paxton.

Homage to David Tudor 1961
Photo Panels: 1. Rauschenberg and David Tudor. Photo courtesy Robert Rauschenberg. 2-3. Rauschenberg, working on First Time Painting, during performance. The painting was not seen by the public until the opening of his exhibition the following day. Photos courtesy Robert Rauschenberg. Performers: Rauschenberg, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely, David Tudor. 

Pelican 1963
Photo Panels: 1. Rauschenberg. Washington, D.C., 1963. Photo by Peter Moore. 2-8. Rauschenberg, Carolyn Brown, Alex Hay. Washington, D.C., 1963. Photos by Peter Moore. 
Performers: Robert Rauschenberg, Carolyn Brown, Per Olof Ultvedt.

Story 1963
Photo Panels: 1. Viola Farber, Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham. Photo by Douglas H. Jeffrey. 2. Merce Cunningham, William Davis, Barbara Dilley. Photo by Fannie Helen Melcer. 3. Rauschenberg building set; Viola Farber resting. Brussels, Belgium. 1964. Photo by Harry Shunk. 4. Rauschenberg making set on tour. Brussels, Belgium. 1964. Photo by Harry Shunk. 
Music: Toshi Ichiyanagi. Dancers: Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Shareen Blair, Barbara Lloyd, William Davis, Steve Paxton.

Elgin Tie 1964
Performance Poster.
Photo Panels: 1-3. Rauschenberg. Stockholm, Sweden, 1964. Photos by Hans Malmberg.
Performers: Robert Rauschenberg and Moderna Museet staff.

Shot Put 1964
Photo Panels: 1-3. Rauschenberg. New York, 1964. Photos by Hans Namuth.

Spring Training 1965
Performance Props: 1. Shopping cart with ticking clocks wheeled through the audience by Rauschenberg to provide intimate ambient sound. 2. Tin can on bandage; device for Steve Paxton solo. 3. Kennedy rug and watermelon. 4. Wedding dress worn with set alarm clocks stuffed in bosom and brides' veils. 5. Props for Rauschenberg's hula number finale; pail with dry ice and tuxedo jacket. 6. Phone book with amplified ambient sound used by Christopher Rauschenberg. 
Photo Panels: 1. Lucinda Childs, Rauschenberg, turtles with flashlights. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 2. Turtles with flashlights. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 3. Deborah Hay. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 4. Steve Paxton. New York City, 1965. Photo by Fred McDarrah. 5. Rauschenberg carrying Steve Paxton. New York City, 1965. Photo by Fred McDarrah. 6. Steve Paxton. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 7. Rauschenberg with pail of dry ice. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore.
Performers: Robert Rauschenberg, Trisha Brown, Viola Farber, Deborah Hay, Barbara Dilley, Steve Paxton, Christopher Rauschenberg.

Map Room I 1965
Performance Props: Devices to contain dry ice worn by Rauschenberg. 
Photo Panels: 1. Rauschenberg in swivel chair making shadow pictures. Goddard College, Vermont, 1965. Photo courtesy Robert Rauschenberg. 2-4. Rauschenberg and Deborah Hay. Goddard College, Vermont, November 1965. Photos courtesy Robert Rauschenberg.
Performers: Robert Rauschenberg, Deborah Hay, Alex Hay, Steve paxton, two volunteers.

Map Room II 1965
Performance Props: 1. Word cards. 2. Giant light bulb. 3. Perch for doves; wood block and metal spikes. 4. Sound-producing bedsprings, amplifier and speakers, tire. 5. Shoes encased in lucite blocks by Arman, worn by Rauschenberg. 6. New York Times Magazine with Rauschenberg on cover.
Photo Panels: 1. Word cards sequence, masked performers. New York City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 2. Deborah Hay, in bird-cage costume with three live doves. New York City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 3. Trisha Brown. New York, City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 4. Alex Hay, Steve Paxton. New York City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 5. Steve Paxton, Alex Hay, rolling over bedspring which was fitted with contact microphones. New York City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 6. Deborah Hay, Alex Hay, Steve Paxton. New York City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore. 7. Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Rauschenberg wearing shoes encased in twenty-pound blocks of clear lucite made by Arman and carrying two neon tubes lit by the current generated by contact sensors attached to his body. New York City, 1965. Photo by Peter Moore.
Performers: Robert Rauschenberg, Trisha Brown, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, four unidentified men, Jim Hardy (technician).

Linoleum 1966
Performance Props: 1. Elongated flag cut to regulation length by Rauschenberg during performance. 2. Chicken coop on wheels, shared by Steve Paxton and five white chickens in the original performance. 3. Four battery-powered styrofoam sculptures by Robert Breer.
Photo Panels: 1. Rauschenberg and unidentified performer unfolding elongated American flag. New York City, 1968. Photo by Fred McDarrah. 2. Film projected on hanging laundry. New York City, 1968. Photo by Fred McDarrah. 3. National Roller Skating Rink. Washington, D.D., 1966. Photo by Peter Moore. 4. Simone Forti, Deborah Hay and unidentified performers. Washington, D.C., 1966. Photo by Peter Moore. 5. Simone Forti with ambulatory sculpture by Robert Breer. Washington, D.C., 1966. Photo by Peter Moore. 6. Steve Paxton, Simone Forti, Deborah Hay. New York City, 1968. Photo courtesy Robert Rauschenberg. 7. Steve Paxton in wire-mesh chicken coop on wheels containing live chickens and pieces of fried chicken. New York City, 1968. Photo: Fred McDarrah. 8. Simone Forti, Rauschenberg and Alex Hay. New York City, 1968. Photo by Fred McDarrah.
PerformersL Robert Rauschenberg, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Jill Denney, Simone Forti, Tony Holder, Robert Breer, Trisha Brown. 

Open Score 1966
Performance Prop: Tennis racket. Courtesy Experiments in Art and Technology, New York City.
Photo Panels: 1-3. 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, 1966. Photos by Fred McDarrah.
PerformersL Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Mimi Kanarak, Christine Williams, Christopher Rauschenberg, Simone Forti, and a group of 500 people. 

Urban Round 1967
Performance Props: Two silk-screened backdrops and 8 carrier flats.
Photo Panels: 1-2. Rauschenberg, Steve Paxton and ensemble. Photos by Peter Moore.
Performers: Robert Rauschenberg, Mel Bochner, Sandy Dailey, Deborah Hay, Susan Hartnett, Billy Kluver, Brice Marden, Julie Martin, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Christopher Rauschenberg, Dorothea Rockburne, Annina Weber and David White.

Travelogue 1977
Photo Panels: 1. Ensemble. Photo by Fred McDarrah. 2. Ensemble. Photo by Charles Atlas.
Music: John Cage. Dancers: Karole Armitage, Ellen Cornfield, Merce Cunningham, Morgan Ensminger, Meg Harper, Chris Komar, robert Kovich, Julie Ross-Smith.

Glacial Decoy 1979
Photo Panels: 1. Trisha Brown, Nina Lundborg, Lisa Kraus. New York City, 1979. Photo by Babette Mangolte. 2. Nina Lundborg, Lisa Kraus. New York City, 1979. 3. Trisha Brown, Elizabeth Garren, Lisa Kraus, Nina Lundborg. New York City, 1979. Photo by Babette Mangolte. 4. Trisha Brown. New York City, 1979. Photo by Babette Mangolte.
Choreography: Trisha Brown. Dancers: Trisha Brown, Elizabeth Garren, Lisa Kraus, Nina Lundborg. 

Set and Reset 1983
Performance Props: Silk-screened fabric used for costumes.
Photo Panels: 1. Larry B. Wright, Rauschenberg and assistants silk-screening costume fabric from photographs taken in the neighborhood of Rauschenberg's studio. New York City, 1983. 2. Early stage of set constructions, in the sand at Captiva, Florida, 1983. Photo by Emil Fray. 3-5. Assembling the set. October, 1983. Photo by Emil Fray. 6-7. The set before performance, 1983. Photos by Luca Mancini. 8. Set and dancers. October 19, 1983. Photo by Johan Elbers. 9. Luca Mancini. 8. Set and dancers. October 19, 1983. Photo by Johan Elbers. 9. Stephen Petronio, Diane Madden, Trisha Brown, 1983. Photo by Beatriz Schiller. 10. Set and dancers. Photo by Beatriz Schiller.
Choreography: Trisha Brown. Music: Laurie Anderson. Dancers: Trisha Brown, Irene Hultman, Eve Karczag, Diana Madden, Stephen Petronio, Vicky Shick, Randy Warshaw, Beverly Emmons. 

Photographs courtesy the photographers, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company or Robert Rauschenberg as indicated in each entry in the checklist. Performance props courtesy of Robert Rauschenberg unless otherwise noted.