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James Rosenquist (1933-2017)
Lot 48

James Rosenquist (1933-2017)

Sketch for Frictionless Smile

Fermé28 September 2017

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USD 348,500

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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.

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

Note du spécialiste

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