Paper Head on a Nuclear Pillow

1982

James Rosenquist

Artist, American, 1933 - 2017

Doris Simmelink

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Sarah Todd

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint on Somerset Satin wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60 x 41.3 cm (23 5/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 85.7 x 66.6 cm (33 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.74.131

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Glenn 1993, no. 194

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, 2015-2017.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1021.

1993

  • Glenn, Constance. Time Dust, James Rosenquist: Complete Graphics, 1962-1992. New York: Rizzoli, 1993, no. 194.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 43.13. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: NGA Paper Head on a Nuclear Pillow; lower right in graphite: James Rosenquist 1982; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JR82-3045

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q74882022

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