Lot 237
Welcome to the Water Planet (G. 211)
Sold
$10,160
Est $4,000 - $6,000
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WORKS FROM THE JAMES ROSENQUIST ESTATE
ARTIST
James Rosenquist
Size
I. 68 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (174 x 136.5 cm) S. 75 1/2 x 60 in. (191.8 x 152.4 cm)
Description

Medium
Monumental aquatint, on T.H. Saunders paper, with full margins, folded (as issued).
Signature
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 'AP 5/7' in pencil (an artist's proof, the edition was 55), published by Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa (with their blindstamp), framed.
Literature
Constance Glenn 211 (this impression illustrated, fig. 135, p. 118) Ruth Fine and Mary Lee Corlett, Graphicstudio: Contemporary Art from the Collaborative Workshop at the University of South Florida, 1991, cat. no. 234 Walter Hopps and Sarah Bancroft, James Rosenquist: A Retrospective, 2003, no. 268, p. 361 (this impression illustrated) Stephan Diederich and Yilmaz Dziewior, James Rosenquist: Painting as Immersion, 2017, no. 27, p. 59 (this impression illustrated)
Exhibited
Houston, The Menil Collection and The Museum of Fine Arts, James Rosenquist: A Retrospective, May 17 – August 17, 2003 (this impression) New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, James Rosenquist: A Retrospective, October 16, 2003 – January 18, 2004 (this impression) Cologne, Museum Ludwig, James Rosenquist: Painting as Immersion, November 18, 2017 – March 4, 2018 (this impression) ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, James Rosenquist: Painting as Immersion, April 14 – August 19, 2018 (this impression)