Robert Rauschenberg
The Parade of the Wicked Thoughts of the Priest (Kabal American Zephyr)

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Artist Robert Rauschenberg American, 1925–2008

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Parade of the Wicked Thoughts of the Priest (Kabal American Zephyr)

Date1981

PlaceUnited States

MediumSolvent transfer, acrylic, and collage on wood veneer with objects

DimensionsOverall: 84 × 141 × 19 in. (213.4 × 358.1 × 48.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number86.286.A-.E

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Texas Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.
Exhibition History"Robert Rauschenberg, Work from Four Series: A Sesquicentennial Exhibition," Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, December 20, 1985–March 16, 1986; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, April 13–June 1986; Dallas Museum of Art, December 21, 1986–February 1987; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, March 11, 1987–June 1987.

"Looking South: A Different Dixie," Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, October 14, 1988–January 7, 1989; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, March 4–April 16, 1989; Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana, May 7–July 2, 1989; St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, August 6–October 1, 1989; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, November 15, 1989–January 30, 1990.

"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 21–September 3, 1988.

"Modernism in Century of Change III, From Object to Icon: The Art of Assemblage," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 21–August 30, 1998.

"After Abstract Expressionism," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 19–May 8, 2005.

"Art Across America," National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea, February 4–May 19, 2013; Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea, June 17–September 1, 2013.

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