“By the time I was a teenager I’d found a way out by picking up pieces here and there, like clues to a puzzle. I’d found a way of looking at the world as disconnected images brought together for an unknown purpose. Without realizing it, I deliberately sought out the incongruities that would match my memories.”
—James Rosenquist
Rosenquist doing a headstand on a Lincoln Premium convertible. Irvington, New York, 1956. Courtesy of the Estate of James Rosenquist. 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)Literature
Gemini G.E.L. 777
Constance Glenn 104
Walter Hopps and Sarah Bancroft, James Rosenquist: A Retrospective, 2003, no. 256, p. 352 (this impression illustrated)
226
Head Stand (G. 777, G. 104)
1977
Lithograph in colors, on Okawara paper, the full sheet.
S. 21 1/4 x 44 in. (54 x 111.8 cm)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 'H.C. 1/3' in pencil (an hors commerce, the edition was 39 and 9 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps), framed.
Estimate
$800 - 1,200
Sold for $2,286
Works from the James Rosenquist Estate
New York Auction 15 February 2024
