1982
Although he insisted that he and his fellow Pop artists developed their art-making styles independently, American painter James Rosenquist belonged at the table with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Known for his distinctive use of visual montage, Rosenquist produced large, vibrantly colored tableaux marked by fragmentation and overlap. He often employed familiar motifs and objects drawn from popular contemporary culture — hot dogs, lipstick tubes, American flags — which he manipulated to form disorienting compositions whose constituent elements are nearly unrecognizable.
Born in North Dakota to Swedish parents, Rosenquist was encouraged to pursue painting by his mother, who was also an artist. He studied painting for two years at the University of Minnesota, but dropped out at the age of 21 to attend the Art Students League in New York on a scholarship. A job as a billboard painter in the late 1950s set him up to pursue his signature style, which borrowed its bold graphics and remixed kitschy aesthetic from the visual vocabulary of advertising. Works like Flamingo Capsule (1983) embody his trademark visual dissonance, drawing cigarette-ad motifs into conversation with stripes from the American flag and aluminum foil wrappers.
In addition to enormous paintings, Rosenquist created drawings, prints and collages. The 2011 lithograph The Memory Continues but the Clock Disappears is a montage of melting clocks and confetti, all submerged in a pool of water. While wryly hinting at the inevitability of decay and deterioration — suggesting that life is a ticking clock — the composition also alludes to Salvador Dalí's signature motif, the defining symbol of Surrealism. Such compositions demonstrate how Rosenquist masterfully combined seemingly incongruous elements into a harmonious and poetic whole.
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Echo Pale, from Mirrors Of The Mind portfolio
By James Rosenquist
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION James Rosenquist Echo Pale, from Mirrors Of The Mind portfolio 1975 Screenprint in colors on hand made paper 24 1/2 x 34 3/4 Edition of 100 Pencil signed...
Screen
1/2 Sunglass, Landing Net, Triangle
By James Rosenquist
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION James Rosenquist 1/2 Sunglass, Landing Net, Triangle 1974 Liftground etching, drypoint, sandblasted mezzotint and photo-transfer 28 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. Editi...
Drypoint, Etching
Toy On Stairs
By James Rosenquist
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION James Rosenquist Toy On Stairs 1976 Etching aquatint with hand coloring 12 x 18 in. Printer Proof P.P. Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA by...
Etching, Aquatint
Source from Speculations
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Robert Rauschenberg Source from Speculations 1996 28 color screenprint 47 3/4 x 70 1/4 in. Edition of 35 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA ...
Screen
Device
By Jasper Johns
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Jasper Johns Device 1971 - 72 Lithograph 39 1/2 x 29 in. Edition of 62 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art. Condition: This work is in excellent condition. Frame: This work is framed in an aluminum frame. ABOUT THIS WORK: Device is an important work from Japser Johns’ gray...
Lithograph
Hours of the Day series, 10pm
By Roberto Matta
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Roberto Matta Hours of the Day Series, 10pm 1975 Etching with aquatint 25 x 36 in. Edition of 9 Pencil signed and numbered Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection Frame: Unframed The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background. As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche". During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures. In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Etching, Aquatint
While the Earth Revolves at Night, Pop Art Etching by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Rosenquist, American (1933 - ) Title: While the Earth Revolves at Night Year: 1982 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 59 Image Size: ...
Etching, Aquatint
For Gene Swenson (State II)
By James Rosenquist
Located in Greenwich, CT
For Gene Swenon (State II) is an aquatint etching on paper, 22.75 x 39.75 inches, signed 'Rosenquist' and dated 1978 lower right; numbered 67/78 and titled lower left. From the edit...
Paper, Aquatint
Untitled, 1975
By James Rosenquist
Located in Palo Alto, CA
James Rosenquist Untitled, 1975 is an enthralling work created by the artist as a study for a lithograph of the same title. Rosenquist, alongside artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lic...
Mixed Media
Gravity Feed, State II (Glenn 147-A), James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: Gravity Feed, State II (Glenn 147-A) Year: 1978 Medium: Etching, aquatint, stencil on Pescia Italia paper Edition: 12/78 Size: 22.75 x 40 ...
Etching, Aquatint, Stencil
Derriere l'etoile
By James Rosenquist
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: James Rosenquist Title: Derriere l'etoile, 1977 Medium: Color Lithograph on Arches Cover Paper Size: 36 1/2 x 74 inches Edition: 74 of 100 Year: 1977 Notes: Hand Signed, Num...
Lithograph
James Rosenquist -- Rouge Pad
By James Rosenquist
Located in BRUCE, ACT
James Rosenquist Rouge Pad, 1978 Etching, aquatint 57.2 x 101.6 cm Unframed, Hand-signed, titled, dated and numbered, 46/78, in pencil Noted as Glenn 134 in the artist’s catalogu...
Etching, Aquatint
