Robert Rauschenberg's Erased De Kooning Drawing

When I saw this assignment, of having to write about an artwork that had been erased, I was a little astonished. There was this piece of art that someone had created, and then another person erased some of the elements, and called it their art. I was honestly regretting the research that lied ahead. However, I see not that Robert Rauschenberg's piece of work was inventive. I am sure that he was ridiculed for the way he created this new type of art. On the other hand it was accepted because of the embellishment of highlights that are also used by erasing to create light. With this piece, Robert was gracious enough to title this piece "Erased de Kooning Drawing," thus showing that the true ownership of the drawing was shared. I believe this was