The Light That Won't Fail I
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Object Details
- Artist
- James Rosenquist, American, b. Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1933–2017
- Provenance
- Green Gallery, New York, to 17 February 1962
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 17 February 1962-17 May 1966
- Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- Exhibition History
- [GREEN GALLERY, New York, "James Rosenquist," January - 17 February, 1962]
- [THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, "Americans 1963," 20 June - 18 August 1963, no. 111, ill. p. 88; toured to twelve U.S. and Canadian cities (November 1963 - November 1964)]
- [MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, Wisconsin, "Pop Art and The American Tradition," 9 April - 9 May 1965, no. 54]
- THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa, "James Rosenquist," 24 January - 25 February, 1968, no. 3, ill. p. 23
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, "James Rosenquist," 12 April-29 May 1972, ill. p. 42
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975
- AKRON ART MUSEUM, Ohio, "The Image in American Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1980," 12 September-8 November 1981, pl. 9, p.98
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, "BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism, and Performance 1958-1964," 20 September-2 December 1984, p. 83, fig. 110
- DENVER ART MUSEUM, Colorado, "James Rosenquist: Paintings 1961 - 1985," 15 May - 14 July 1985, ill. p. 90. TOUR: CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, Houston, Texas, 24 August - 20 October, 1985; DES MOINES ART CENTER, Iowa, 29 November 1985-26 January 1986; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, New York, 14 March-4 May 1986; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 26 June-21 September 1986; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 24 October 1986-11 January 1987
- IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZALEZ, Valencia, Spain, "James Rosenquist," 8 May-18 August 1991, no. 5, ill. p. 99
- GAGOSIAN GALLERY, New York, "James Rosenquist: The Early Years, 1961-64," 2 May-11 July 1992, ill. p. 25
- MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU, Berlin, Germany (organized in conjunction with Zeitgeist, Berlin), "Amerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert/American Art in the 20th Century," 8 May-25 July, 1993, pl. 176 (color). TOUR: ROYAL ACADEMY, London, England, 17 September-12 December 1993
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, "The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 (Part 2)," 23 September 1999-27 February 2000.
- MENIL COLLECTION/MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, Texas, "James Rosenquist: A Retrospective," (organized by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation) 7 May-17 August 2003, ref. 371, ill. p. 68, 370 (studio installation). TOUR: SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York, 16 October 2003-4 February 2004; PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, March-June 2004; GUGGENHEIM BILBAO, May-October 2004; KUNSTMUSEUM WOLFSBURG, 11 February-29 May 2005.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Strange Bodies," 11 December 2008-15 November 2009, no cat.
- ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES, New York, New York, “James Rosenquist: His American Life,” 25 October-7 December 2018.
- Published References
- UNSIGNED. "In a New Year, New Art," St. Louis Post-Dispatch (31 December 1961), ill.
- PIERRE, JOSE, Edward F. Fry and Eduard Jaguer. Rosenquist (Paris: Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, 1964), ref.
- ROSE, BARBARA. "American 1963," Art International, 7 (25 September 1963), p. 78
- HEYWOOD, IRENE. "A Trip to Ottawa: James Rosenquist and His Power." The Gazette (24 February 1968), p. 44
- SWENSON, GENE. "The Figure a Man Makes: Part II." Art and Artists 3, no. 2 (May 1968), ref. p. 43
- JACOBS, JAY. "Collector: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," Art in America, 57 (July-August 1969), p. 67, ill.
- JACOBS, JAY. "Quality as Well as Quantity: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," The Collector in America (New York: Viking, 1971), p. 88, ill.
- LERNER, ABRAM, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 741, fig. 968
- LIPMAN, JEAN and Helen M. Franc. Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture since 1776 (New York: EIP. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1976), p. 166, ill.
- DANIELS, MARGARET FLORENCE. Why Art? (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1978), p. 26, ill.
- CLOSE PORTRAITS (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1980), ill. p. 10
- WALKER, BRICE. "The Contemporary Image" Maliner Magazine, 25, No. 8 (September 1981), p. 56 (color plate)
- ART WORLD (October 1984), ill. p. 6
- "BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964," Art Talk (November 1984), ill. p. 17
- GOLDMAN, JUDITH. James Rosenquist (New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985), ill. p. 50, color plate p. 90
- GABRIEL, TRIP. "Rosenquist Up Close." United. (February 1985), ref. p. 61
- TOURIGNY, MAURICE. "Rosenquist: Le peintre a ses raisons...." Le Devoir, 6 (September 1986), C7
- SCHWABSKY, BARRY. "James Rosenquist at the Whitney Museum." Artscribe International, no. 60 (November-December 1986), ref. p. 78
- BASTON, BRUCE and James Craig. Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1989), ill. p. 194
- FLASH ART, no. 165. (Summer 1992), ill. p. 104
- GUTTERMAN, SCOTT. "James Rosenquist." Atelier, no. 787 (September 1992), ill. p. 26
- GLIMCHER, MILDRED. Indiana, Kelly, Martin, Rosenquist, Youngerman at Coenties Slip (New York: The Pace Gallery, 1993), ill. no page number (artist with work)
- WALDMAN, DIANE. Roy Lichtenstein (New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1993), ref. p. 28, ill. p. 29
- JAMES, JAMIE. Pop art (London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1996), ill. p. 11, ref. p. 12, 30.
- HIRSHHORN: 150 WORKS (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996), ill. p. 105
- MADOFF, STEVEN HENRY, ed. Pop art: a critical history (Berkeley: University of California, 1997), ill. p. 31.
- MacADAM, BARBARA A. "Reviews: The American Century Art and Culture 1900-2000, Part II, Whitney Museum of American Art." Artnews 98, no. 10 (November 1999), ref. p. 189.
- PRENDEVILLE, BRENDAN. Realism in 20th century painting (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000), ill. p. 156.
- THON, UTE. "Eiscreme, Sex und Revolver - Willkommen in Amerika." Art-Das Kunstmagazin, no. 5 (May 2003), ill. p. 12.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- 1961
- Accession Number
- 66.4402
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 71 3/4 x 96 1/4 in. (182.1 x 244.3 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Pop Art (American)
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.4402
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py298df286a-ee35-4337-8938-dd3363fe14ac
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