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James Rosenquist is known for producing large collages that incorporated fragments of images sourced from advertisements and other forms of mass media. The American artist was one of the major figures of the Pop art movement. On 1stDibs, find a range of James Rosenquist art.
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New York Says It All, Pop Art Screenprint by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Rosenquist
Title: New York Says It All
Portfolio: New York, New York
Year: 1983
Medium: Screenprint and Offset Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
P...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,800 Sale Price
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Brighter than the Sun, James Rosenquist: colorful abstract pop art rainbow
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant red, blue, orange and yellow lithograph is based on the 1961 Rosenquist oil painting Brighter than the Sun (private collection), with fragmented images from advertising,...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
James Rosenquist Original Etching & Aquatint, 1979
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
James Rosenquist (1933 - 2017)
Swing Screen, 1979
Etching and aquatint (two state)
Sight: 17 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (image)
Framed: 30 1/2 x 59 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Edition 21/78
Inscribed, signed, numbered bottom
James Rosenquist was born in 1933 at Grand Forks, North Dakota. His family moved to Minneapolis in 1944. In 1948, he began his studies of art at the Minneapolis Art Institute. In 1953, he continued his studies of painting at the University of Minnesota.
In 1955 he had a scholarship to go to the Art Students' League, New York, where he met Robert Indiana. During this period, he painted small format abstract paintings and worked part-time as a driver. In 1957 he met Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. In 1959 he was at the same drawing class as Claes Oldenburg and was made "head painter" by the Artcraft Strauss Corporation.
He married the textile designer Mary Lou Adams. During the election he produced the picture President Elect in which John F. Kennedy's face is combined in a kind of collage with sex and automobile imagery. His first one-man exhibition in the Green Gallery, in 1962, was sold out. In 1963 he worked on several sculptures, had a number of exhibitions at the Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, showed his work at the Dwan Gallery...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Woman in the Sun (large framed hand signed lithograph)
By James Rosenquist
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on BFK Rives mould-made paper. Hand signed lower left by James Rosenquist. Hand numbered 58/60 and titled lower left. Artwork size: 33 x 42.5 inches. Frame s...
Category
1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$4,000 Sale Price
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James Rosenquist at the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Lt. Ed. poster
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
James Rosenquist
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art 1968-1983
Offset Lithograph Poster on White Wove Paper
Plate (printed) signature
Limited Edition of 500 (unnumbered)
Unframed
A...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
"The Star Thief" by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Hinsdale, IL
James Rosenquist
(1933-2017)
Star Thief
Color lithograph on white wove paper, 1978-1986
Image size: 31.75” x 32”, full margins.
Impression 8 of edition of 25
Signed, titled, da...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph


