Robert Rauschenberg: Sri Lanka VI Skateboard Decks Agnes Martin Basquiat studied the medical textbook

Basquiat studied the medical textbook Gray’s Anatomy while recuperating from an injury

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specifically those of his ski and fly-fishing tours in remote western Colorado

Deriving inspiration from sources as diverse as Sandro Botticelli and Piet Mondrian

Robert Rauschenberg: Sri Lanka VI Skateboard Decks Agnes Martin Basquiat studied the medical textbookProduced by the Skateroom in collaboration with the Estate of Robert Rauschenberg, this set of three screenprinted skateboard decks features a detail from Rauschenbergs Sri Lanka VI (1983). The work belongs to the Sri Lanka series of drawings, which combine solvent transfer imagery and watercolor on Sri Lankan ceremonial mat boards with decorative floral borders. Rauschenberg produced the work in his hotel room while traveling in the country, sourcing