Quarters from the series Anagrams (A Pun) is an example of Robert Rauschenberg's unique process of transferring digital color prints with inkjet dye on polylaminate supports. "Anagram” is defined as a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another. As implied by the series' title, Rauschenberg here revels in the process of layering different source material to create a beguiling composition. In this work, the photographic imagery derives from four color photographs taken by Robert Rauschenberg in 1997.

Robert Rauschenberg, Spain, 35mm color slide, 1997. Photograph © 2020 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Robert Rauschenberg, Location Unknown, 35mm color slide, 1997. Photograph
© 2020 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Provenance
  Galerie Terminus, Munich
  Private Collection
  Phillips, London, June 29, 2009, lot 157
  Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
- Exhibited
  Munich, Galerie Terminus, Robert Rauschenberg: Masterworks, October 4 - November 10 2005, p. 14 (exhibited as Quarters; illustrated, p. 15)
- Literature
  Robert Rauschenberg: Anagrams (A Pun), exh. cat., Galleria Lawrence Rubin, Milan, 1998, no. 9, pp. 26, 47 (illustrated, p. 27)
  Robert Rauschenberg, exh. cat., Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, exh. cat., 2006, no. 15, n.p. (illustrated)