In 1998, longtime SFMOMA benefactor Phyllis Wattis provided major support for the museum’s acquisition of fourteen artworks by Rauschenberg. This photograph shows Wattis and Rauschenberg in front of Port of Entry [Anagram (A Pun)] (1998) during Robert Rauschenberg (May 7–September 7, 1999), an exhibition highlighting those acquisitions. Rauschenberg later donated Hiccups to SFMOMA in honor of Mrs. Wattis’s spirit and generosity.
Robert Rauschenberg with Phyllis Wattis, SFMOMA, 1999
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Related to Hiccups, 1978
Robert Rauschenberg with Phyllis Wattis, SFMOMA, 1999
Related to Hiccups, 1978
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Robert Rauschenberg in the SFMOMA galleries with Phyllis Wattis during the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg, May 7–September 7, 1999. Photo: Sidney B. Felsen