The first US artist to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1963, Robert Rauschenberg (1925 2008) blazed a new trail for art in the second half of the twentieth century. Bringing together a selection of key works from different periods, the book will provide a long overdue opportunity to discover a remarkably consistent artistic trajectory which steadfastly refused to be straight-jacketed by rules and conventions. Each chapter of Rauschenberg s six-decade career will be represented by major works.Introduced by Leah Dickerman, this book collects fourteen essays focusing on key moments in Rauschenberg s oeuvre. With personal and touching contributions by those who knew him, this richly illustrated publication is an essential reference to one of the most compelling and unique voices in twentieth-century art, as well as a significant contribution to the field of international modernism.