1967
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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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
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
Tide
By James Rosenquist
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tide" 1979 is an original colors etching with aquatint on Pescia Italia paper by renown American artist James Rosenquist, 1933-2017. It is hand signed, dated, ti...
Etching, Aquatint
Swing Screen
By James Rosenquist
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "SWing Screen" 1979 is an original colors etching with aquatint on Pescia Italia paper by renown American artist James Rosenquist, 1933-2017. It is hand signed, d...
Etching, Aquatint
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.75 in W 40 in
Rouge Pad, State II (Glenn 134-A), James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: Rouge Pad, State II (Glenn 134-A) Year: 1978 Medium: Etching, aquatint, stencil on Pescia Italia paper Edition: 21/78 Size: 22.75 x 40 inc...
Etching, Aquatint, Stencil
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
$2,950
H 22 in W 40 in
Cliff Hanger, Pop Art Mixed Media and Etching Print by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Long Island City, NY
A print by James Rosenquist from 1978. This print is multi-layered with different mediums including etching with aquatint, pochoir and paint. Artist: James Rosenquist, American (19...
Acrylic, Etching, Aquatint
$24,300
H 39.5 in W 76.5 in
"Fast Feast, " an Abstract Geometrical Lithograph signed by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A multicolored abstract lithograph by American artist James Rosenquist. This is number 36 from the edition of 100. Signed and dated lower right. Numbered and titled lower left. 37" ...
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
$2,500
H 28 in W 38 in
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,...
Lithograph
Abstract Composition
By Elfi Schuselka
Located in Astoria, NY
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Untitled, Mixed Media on Tarlatan and dried paint, with foamcore elements, 1980, signed and dated to verso, unframed. 36.5" H x 39" W. Provenance:...
Foam, Acrylic, Mesh
Abstract Mixed Media Composition on Tarlatan, Signed, 1981-83
Located in Astoria, NY
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Mixed Media on Tarlatan and dried paint, with foamcore elements, 1981-83, signed and dated to verso. 42.25" H x 44.25" W. Provenance: From the Col...
Foam, Acrylic, Mesh
Untitled (Abstraction), Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1976
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1976, signed and dated "Roth 76" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp, unframed. 56" H x 56" W x 2" D. Provenance: The ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1977
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1977, signed and dated "Roth 77" and marked "JR-158-77" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp, unframed. 67.5" H x 40" W ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1980
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1980, signed and dated "R 80" lower right, marked "JR 3912" verso, dated to edge, unframed. 30.5" H x 36" W x 1.75" D. ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"New Synthesis 87", Abstract Acrylic on Canvas, 1981, Signed
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), "New Synthesis 87", Acrylic on Canvas, 1981, titled, signed and dated "Roth 81" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamps, unframed. 62" H x 66" W x 1.5"...
Canvas, Acrylic
