In this photo a layer of partially painted paper is visible just below the lower edge of the sweatshirt neckline—evidence of the complex layering that Rauschenberg carried out in the process of turning the unidentified Red Painting into Untitled (ca. 1955).
Detail of Robert Rauschenberg’s Untitled (ca. 1955) showing collaged layers
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Related to Untitled, ca. 1955
Detail of Robert Rauschenberg’s Untitled (ca. 1955) showing collaged layers
Related to Untitled, ca. 1955
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project

Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, ca. 1955 (detail)