Object number2021.27.21

For Gene Swenson

Date1978

Artist James Rosenquist (American, 1933 - 2017)

CultureAmerican

MediumColor etching, aquatint, photo-etching, and embossing with pochoir on Pescia Italia paper

EditionAP 20 from an edition 78 plus 23 artist's proofs, 1 bon à tirer impression, 2 printer's proofs, 7 hors commerce impressions, 9 color trial proofs

DimensionsImage: 17 3/4 x 36 in. (45.1 x 91.4 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (57.2 x 101 cm)

Credit LineGift of Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman Jampolis, class of 1959

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: James Rosenquist

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin in pencil: 1978; lower left margin: 20/23 AP for Gene Swenson; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: FLLAC 2021.27.21.; lower left corner: J.R.7819 / ARIPEKA, FlA

MarkingsOn recto, blindstamped image of a paint roller, lower right margin corner

BibliographyGlenn, Constance W. (Constance White), and James Rosenquist. Time Dust, James Rosenquist : Complete Graphics, 1962-1992 / Constance W. Glenn. New York: Rizzoli, 1993, cat. 133 DescriptionA background of red linear markings, with a horizontally striped colors including red, blue, green, and yellow, negative space in the shape of five nails formed in a horizontal tally, a striped left shoeprint at right, a shape resembling a briefcase at center left with various text including "Midwest Exchange," and various numbers with negative space revealing the stripes underneath under the center.

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