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James Rosenquist
American, 1933–2017
1972
In this lithograph Rosenquist collapses billboard-scale advertising fragments into a disorienting, cinematic face, testing how commercial imagery can be recomposed into fine art.
You first notice oversized, airbrushed close-ups—a glossy eye, a fingertip, floating droplets—severed and recombined in horizontal bands so the subject feels both magnified and fragmented.
The print shows Rosenquist translating billboard aesthetics and photorealist techniques into printmaking, advancing Pop Art’s project of blurring the line between commercial imagery and high art.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
irreg. composition 27 15/16 x 28 5/16" (70.9 x 71.9 cm)
sheet 31 1/8 x 27 7/8" (79 x 70.8 cm)
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Department
Credit
Gift of Lois and Michael K. Torf in honor of the marriage of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr.
Accession
406.1987
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