23 Artworks That Sparked Debate in the U.S.

The work involves a drawing by Willem de Kooning that Rauschenberg meticulously erased, leaving behind only faint traces. Rauschenberg used a variety of erasers and worked on the drawing for over a month. Rauschenberg’s work questioned whether destruction could be a form of creation, while the author himself has always claimed that it was a celebration of de Kooning’s work.