Rauschenberg and Diane Keaton attend Rauschenberg’s lifetime retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in the late 1990s. (David Allocca / DMI via Associated Press)
Dorothy Lichtenstein greets Rauschenberg during a gala at L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art in May 2006. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Rauschenberg’s 1962 piece, “Ace,” on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2006. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times | MOCA | Art © Rauschenberg Estate/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY)
“Factum I” and “Factum II” are nearly identical pieces by Rauschenberg. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times | MOCA | Art © Rauschenberg Estate/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY)
Robert Rauschenberg‘s “Untitled 1954,” one of the pieces in the 2006 Combines exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times | MOCA | Art © Rauschenberg Estate/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY)