Cupule (Spread), 1979

Robert Rauschenberg's series of "Spreads" was created in the years 1975-1983. They are large-format works in which Rauschenberg applied paint and solvent transfer to wooden panels and often to fabric collages and mounted found objects on them.The suffix "Spread," which Rauschenberg used to describe all the titles in the series, describes both a wide expanse and a covering of fabric, and it refers, of course, to the scale of the works, which are up to six meters wide. Rauschenberg, when asked