Sculpture materials used: square bamboo, neon lights and brass electrical box, fittings and cable. Graphicstudio & Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange, pub. circa 1986-1987, edition of 25. E017. 

Born with the name Milton Rauschenberg in Port Arthur, Texas, Robert Rauschenberg became one of the major artists of his generation and is credited along with Jasper Johns of breaking the stronghold of Abstract Expressionism*. 

Rauschenberg was known for assemblage*, conceptualist methods, printmaking, and willingness to experiment with non-artistic materials--all innovations that anticipated later movements such as Pop Art*, Conceptualism*, and Minimalism