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If I remember correctly he kept walking by it in a shop and finally bought it. Then did weird shit to it Rauschenberg is sometimes called neo Dada. Which means he's being absurdist sometimes. The concept of absurdism doesn't stop art historians from trying to tease out a meaning from stuff like this. In my opinion it's great that artists can troll critics, viewers and historians. But I understand how an upside down urinal or whatever is too much for some sensibilities.