Lot 48
48
James Rosenquist (B. 1933)
James Rosenquist (1933-2017)

Sketch for Frictionless Smile

Details
James Rosenquist (1933-2017)
Sketch for Frictionless Smile
signed, titled and dated '"Sketch for Frictionless Smile" James Rosenquist 1983' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas over panel
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1983.
Provenance
Nuclear Weapons Freeze Benefit Auction, courtesy of the artist; Brooke Alexander Inc., New York, 3 December 1983, lot 22
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
M. Brenson, "Art People," New York Times, 25 November 1983.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Art for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze, October 1983.

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Lot Essay

I thought, how can I do a new kind of picture? I thought, If I can take a fragment of something realistic, and put the fragment in space at a certain size, I could make a painting where people would recognize something at a certain rate of speed. The largest fragment would be the closest, and the hardest to recognize. Therefore, I could make a mysterious painting.”
-James Rosenquist

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