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A canvas is never empty.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Robert Rauschenberg
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 22
Died: 2008
Died: May 12
Artist
Choreographer
Designer
Graphic Artist
Painter
Performance Artist
Photographer
Printmaker
Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg
Robert Milton Ernest Rauschenberg
Bob Rauschenberg
Matson Jones
Canvas
Materials
Empty
Never

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