This view of the back of Sleep for Yvonne Rainer (1965) shows the artist’s signature and inscription at top left as well as the nuts and bolts that penetrate both the canvas and the stretcher and secure the Plexiglas sheet to the work’s surface.
View of Robert Rauschenberg’s Sleep for Yvonne Rainer (verso) showing frame hardware and inscription
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project
Related to Sleep for Yvonne Rainer, 1965
View of Robert Rauschenberg’s Sleep for Yvonne Rainer (verso) showing frame hardware and inscription
Related to Sleep for Yvonne Rainer, 1965
Part of the Rauschenberg Research Project

Robert Rauschenberg, Sleep for Yvonne Rainer, 1965 (verso). Photo by Ian Reeves, 2013