In this photo of the back of the artwork, a strip of vibrant pink fabric peeks out where the top edge of the canvas (which is wrapped over a wooden stretcher) meets the boxlike wooden frame. The pink color further testifies to this artwork’s former life as one of Rauschenberg’s Red Paintings (1953–54).
Detail of Robert Rauschenberg’s Untitled (ca. 1955, verso) showing pink fabric
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Related to Untitled, ca. 1955
Detail of Robert Rauschenberg’s Untitled (ca. 1955, verso) showing pink fabric
Related to Untitled, ca. 1955
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, ca. 1955 (detail of verso)