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James Rosenquist

James Rosenquist

1933–2017

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PaintingPost-ImpressionismPop Art

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

250

Works in Collection

366

Assets Indexed

18

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ448845

Field Verification (8 fields)

7 cross-verified · 1 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Artsy+2· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%

Source Registry (5)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/james-rosenquist
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/james-rosenquist
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/james-rosenquist
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5021
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

James Rosenquist built his large-scale paintings directly from his years as a commercial billboard painter, applying industrial sign-painting technique to fragmented advertising imagery arranged in disorienting, surrealist collisions. Unlike contemporaries working within Pop Art, Rosenquist used cropped, monumental fragments of consumer imagery rather than discrete iconic objects, creating compositions that mirrored the visual overload of mid-century American advertising culture. His canvases operate at billboard scale, forcing the viewer into the same overwhelmed relationship with imagery that characterizes the commercial landscape he critiqued. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2001.

Source: Marian Goodman · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (250)

1998 · (a, b) DuPont Tyvek®; (c) metal; (d, e) paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Flame Dances on Leo's Book

The Flame Dances on Leo's Book

1997 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 71 × 59.3 cm (28 × 23 3/8 in.); Sheet: 94 × 68.8 cm (37 1/16 × 27 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy, Gift Wrapped Doll #23

1993 · Oil on canvas

60 × 60 in. (152.4 × 152.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy, Gift Wrapped Doll #16

1992 · Oil on canvas

60 × 60 in. (152.4 × 152.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gift Wrapped Doll #3

1992 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 152.4 x 152.4 cm (60 x 60 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Where the Water Goes

Where the Water Goes

1989 · Paper, acrylic paint, dye and lithograph on paper

image: 2611 x 1473 mm

Skull Snap

1989 · Paper, acrylic paint, dye and lithograph on paper

image: 1511 x 1511 mm

Time Door Time D’Or

Time Door Time D’Or

1989 · Acrylic paint, dye, lithograph and paper pulp on paper

image: 2477 x 3048 mm

Space Dust

1989 · Paper, acrylic paint, dye and lithograph on paper

image: 1689 x 2673 mm

Flowers, Fish and Females for the Four Seasons

1984 · Oil on canvas

90 1/2 in. × 23 ft. 11 in. (229.9 × 729 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing for Industrial Cottage II

1981 · Ink, oil stick, metallic paint, graphite on synthetic paper

32 1/8 × 63 1/4 in. (81.6 × 160.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1981 · Oil on canvas

78 in. × 16 ft. 6 in. (198.1 × 502.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dog Descending a Staircase

Dog Descending a Staircase

1980 · Color etching and lithograph on paper

107.5 × 177.8 cm (42 3/8 × 70 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chambers

1980 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 61 × 122 cm (24 1/16 × 48 1/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 122 cm (29 9/16 × 48 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing #33 for Time Flowers

1980 · Stencil print

20 1/16 × 28 1/8 in. (50.9 × 71.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The End of a Rainbow–Calyx–Krater

The End of a Rainbow–Calyx–Krater

1977 · Etching, aquatint, and spit bite, with gold leaf, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 53 × 36.2 cm (20 7/8 × 14 5/16 in.); Sheet: 75.5 × 53.9 cm (29 3/4 × 21 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pale Tent II

1976 · Watercolour and intaglio print on paper

support: 137 x 305 mm

Slip Stream

1975 · Color collagraph and engraving on white wove paper

44.6 × 92.3 cm (17 9/16 × 36 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunglasses - Landing Net - Triangle

Sunglasses - Landing Net - Triangle

1974 · Etching, drypoint and aquatint on paper

image: 450 x 895 mm

Marilyn

1974 · Lithograph on paper

image: 905 x 695 mm

Strawberry Sunglasses

Strawberry Sunglasses

1974 · Color lithograph and screenprint on white wove paper

Sheet: 81.2 × 187.9 cm (32 × 74 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1974 · lithograph and screenprint

Sheet: 92.7 x 177.9 cm (36 1/2 x 70 1/16 in.); Image: 76.2 x 174.9 cm (30 x 68 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1974 · lithograph and screenprint

Sheet: 92.8 x 190.5 cm (36 9/16 x 75 in.); Image: 76.2 x 188 cm (30 x 74 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

250 published of 348 catalogued · 289 with image

Art Institute Chicago
227 published227 img
Tate
9 published9 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published
+ 1 more source · 98 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

F-111 (West)
1974 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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F-111 (North)
1974 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Space Dust
1989 · Tate · 1 prov
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Silo
1963 · Tate · 1 prov
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Time Door Time D’Or
1989 · Tate · 1 prov
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Pale Tent II
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
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Off the Continental Divide
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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Gift Wrapped Doll #3
1992 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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11 Pop Artists, Vol. II: Whipped Butter for Eugen Ruchin
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Somewhere to Light: Waco, Texas
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

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James Rosenquist (Wikipedia)

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James Rosenquist (Wikipedia)

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James Rosenquist and Roger Bansemer in Rosenquist studio

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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James Rosenquist (Wikipedia)

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James Rosenquist (Wikipedia)

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Relationships

8

Movements2

Post-Impressionism Pop Art

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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Background

Education

University of Minnesota

Visual Arts

Art Students League of New York

Visual Arts

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Visual Arts

Roosevelt High School

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