Seen from the back, the simple box construction of Untitled (ca. 1955) reveals little about the complex surface it supports. The work bears no exhibition labels; it was held in the artist’s collection and was not shown until the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (September 19, 1997–January 7, 1998).
View of Robert Rauschenberg’s Untitled (ca. 1955, verso) showing box construction
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Related to Untitled, ca. 1955
View of Robert Rauschenberg’s Untitled (ca. 1955, verso) showing box construction
Related to Untitled, ca. 1955
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project

Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, ca. 1955 (verso)