The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has put its New York headquarters on the market — the building at 381 Lafayette Street in the NoHo neighbourhood that was once the artist's own home and studio (Artforum).

The property has been listed with Newmark, the commercial real estate firm, according to Artforum and Artnet News. No asking price has been disclosed.

Robert Rauschenberg — the American artist whose Combines of painting and sculpture helped redefine postwar art — lived and worked at the Lafayette Street address for decades. The Foundation, which administers his legacy, has operated its headquarters from the building since it was established.

The sale does not come out of nowhere. In August 2025, the Foundation's board announced it would also sell its property in Captiva, Florida, where Rauschenberg kept a waterfront studio complex that now houses the Rauschenberg Residency programme. That estate spans 20 acres and includes an 8,000-square-foot studio, the Santiva Chronicle reported in September 2025.

The decision to sell both properties points to a broader restructuring of how the Foundation manages its physical footprint. Neither listing has been publicly tied to a specific financial rationale.

The New York building sits in a corridor that has seen intensifying development pressure. A 19-story residential tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is planned for the parking lot at 375 Lafayette Street, directly adjacent to the Foundation's headquarters, as Artnet News noted.

Despite the property sales, the Foundation has continued its cultural work. It recently released thirty-three oral histories to the public through the Robert Rauschenberg Oral History Project, a collaboration with INCITE, the Columbia Center for Oral History Research, which gathers firsthand accounts from the artist's family, friends, and collaborators.

For anyone who has walked past 381 Lafayette Street, the listing marks the likely end of a direct, building-level connection to Rauschenberg's life in New York. What a buyer does with the property — and whether the interior studio spaces survive a conversion — is not yet known. The Foundation has not commented publicly on its future office plans.