Retroactive I

Retroactive I is a 1963 painting by American artist Robert Rauschenberg combining oil paint and silkscreen ink on canvas. Measuring 84 by 60 inches, the artwork incorporates mass-media imagery including a prominent portrait of President John F. Kennedy, an astronaut descending by parachute, and weather tracking diagrams alongside gestural brushstrokes. It is held in the permanent collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut.

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