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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While the Earth Revolves at Night
By James Rosenquist
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information: James Rosenquist While the Earth Revolves at Night 1982 Pastel and pencil on paper 36 1/2 x 72 1/4 in. Unique Signed, dated, and titled Additional Technical ...
Mixed Media
Auto Tire, Dinner Triangle - Lithograph by James Rosenquist - 1975
By James Rosenquist
Located in Roma, IT
Auto Tire, Dinner Triangle is an original print by the American artist and one of the fathers of Pop Art James Rosenquist (1933-2017). This color lithograph on paper was edited by ...
Lithograph
Horse Blinders (south) and Horse Blinders (east)
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph and screenprint with collage (silver foil) Prints are different sizes: 36 1/2 x 68 inches (92.7 x 172.7 cm) and 36 5/8 x 64 inches (93 x 162.6 cm) Published by Multiples...
Silver
$2,500
Flower Garden (color trial proof) James Rosenquist Pop Art in black and white
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
Based on Rosenquist’s 1961 grisaille oil painting Flower Garden, this work arranges a still life using an advertisement for gloves with part of an athlete’s torso. A number 1 can be ...
Lithograph, Screen
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
My Mind Is a Glass of Water (Glenn 58), James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: My Mind Is a Glass of Water, from Prints for Phoenix House (Glenn 58) Year: 1972 Medium: Color lithograph on Arches paper Edition: A.P. XX...
Lithograph
Auto Tire, Dinner Triangle - Lithograph by James Rosenquist - 1975
By James Rosenquist
Located in Roma, IT
Auto Tire, Dinner Triangle is an original print by the American artist and one of the fathers of Pop Art James Rosenquist (1933-2017). This color lithograph on paper was edited by ...
Lithograph
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
Cliff Hanger (State II)
By James Rosenquist
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cliff Hanger (State II) is an aquatint etching on paper, 22.75 x 39.75 inches, signed 'Rosenquist' and dated 1978 lower right; titled in the image lower left, numbered 68/78 and ann...
Paper, Aquatint
Wind and Lightning (State I)
By James Rosenquist
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wind and Lightning (State I) is an aquatint etching with pochoir on paper, 22.75 x 39.75 inches, signed 'James Rosenquist' and dated 1978 lower right; numbered 19/78 and titled lowe...
Etching, Aquatint
Black Triangle (State I)
By James Rosenquist
Located in Greenwich, CT
Black Triangle (State I) is an aquatint etching with pochoir on paper, 22.75 x 39.75 inches, signed 'James Rosenquist' and dated 1978 lower right; numbered 33/78 and titled lower le...
Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
Plume - Etching, Aquatint, Contemporary Art, Pop Art, Still Life, Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in London, GB
From 'Glass Wishes'. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. Numbered from the edition of 59. Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles.
Etching, Aquatint
Wild Pastels (XL)
By Lee Herring
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild Pastels (XL) by Lee Herring [2021] original Mixed Media Image size: H:96 cm x W:98 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:96 cm x W:98 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that...
Paper
$2,900
H 27.96 in Dm 27.96 in
Kansei (2010). Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami signed, numbered
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Kansei: Like The River's Flow 2010 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing with silver ink signed, numbered and stamped by the Artist 27 7/8 in diamete...
Offset
$1,200
H 39.25 in W 25.25 in D 0.75 in
Herman Miller Summer Picnic August 20, 1971 - Watermelon Screen Print
Located in Houston, TX
Original Herman Miller Summer Picnic screen printed lacquer ink and lacquer finish print. August 20, 1971 annual company picnic poster is a...
Lacquer, Ink
$135,000
H 19.75 in W 15.625 in
Dollar Sign, FS II.277 Screenprint, Pop Art, 1982, Signed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Andy Warhol Dollar Sign, FS II.277 1982 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. 48/60 - Each Piece is Unique Pencil signed and numbered Conditi...
Screen
Euphorbia, German antique botanical plant chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Euphorbiaceen' (Euphorbia) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet)
Lithograph
$730
H 40 in W 55.2 in
Duo of Blue Egyptian Palms, Botanical Diptych Cyanotype on Paper, Vintage Modern
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Exclusive limited edition cyanotype diptych. Details: + Title: Duo of Egyptian Palms + Year: 2024 + Edition Size: 20 + Medium: Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper...
Lithograph, Handmade Paper
Spring, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Spring Year: 1982 Medium: Unique, mixed media with lithography and hand coloring on Arches paper Size: 6.25 x 5.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscrip...
Mixed Media, Lithograph
$1,150
H 7 in W 7 in
COSMIC FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Floral, Happy Colors, Blue Red Yellow
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
Cosmic Flowers is an original hand drawn lithograph by Peter Max printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% aci...
Lithograph
Un Vase de Fleurs III (Flowers in a Vase)
By Frederic Menguy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Un Vase de Fleurs III (Flowers in a Vase)" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted French artist Frederic Menguy, 1927-2007. It is...
Lithograph
$5,950
H 7.2 in W 7.2 in
Andy Warhol - Flowers, Galerie Sonnabend invitation card addressed with postmark
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol (after) Flowers, Galerie Sonnabend announcement invitation card, 1970 Offset lithograph on smooth card, addressed with postmark This rarely found announcement card was fo...
Lithograph, Offset
Flowers, FS II.67
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information: Andy Warhol Flowers, FS II.67 1970 Screenprint 36 x 36 in. Edition of 250 Signed and stamped number on verso
Screen
$500
H 24 in W 19.5 in
Georgia O'Keeffe - Limited Edition Flower Poster with beautiful Friendship Quote
By Georgia O'Keeffe
Located in New York, NY
Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Poppy poster, with Friendship Quote, 1987 "Still - in a way - nobody sees a flower - it is so small - we haven't time- and to see takes time, like to have a fr...
Lithograph, Offset
A Pale Angels Halo
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph, produced in an edition of 100, and signed and numbered by James Rosenquist, is offered by CLAMP in New York.
Lithograph
My Mind is an Empty Glass
By James Rosenquist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
James Rosenquist (1933-2017) was one of the most important contributors to American Pop Art. He is best known for his monumental collage-style paintings that feature a melange of app...
Lithograph
F-111
By James Rosenquist
Located in Fairlawn, OH
F-111 Off set lithograph, 1965 Signed and dated in pencil lower left (signed examples are very rare) Published by Leo Castelli Gallery Edition: Unknown Provenance: Ileana Sonnabend...
Lithograph
Water Spout (Glenn 45), James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: Water Spout (Glenn 45) Year: 1971 Medium: Color lithograph on Arches cover paper Edition: 30, plus proofs Size:...
Lithograph
My Mind is an Empty Glass
By James Rosenquist
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Rosenquist (b.1933). My Mind is an Empty Glass lithograph, 1994, on handmade Japon, signed, titled and dated in pencil, numbered 10/42, published by The Friends of the Philad...
Lithograph, Rice Paper
My Mind Is an Empty Glass
By James Rosenquist
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Rosenquist (b.1933). My Mind is an Empty Glass. Lithograph, 1994, on handmade Japon paper, signed, titled and dated in pencil, numbered 10/42, published by The Friends of th...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph