Beach

1980 - 1982, published 1982

James Rosenquist

Associated Names
James Rosenquist

Artist, American, 1933 - 2017

Doris Simmelink

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Patrick Foy

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Sarah Todd

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a large, empty, transparent glass bottle at the center with the words "TEQUILA CUERVO S.A. TEQUILA, JAL MEXICO" embossed on it. The color palette is mostly grayscale, with dark and light shades of black and white. The bottle is positioned against a speckled or textured background with various shades of gray and scattered black marks. The bottle is vertically oriented in the middle of the composition, with its neck near the top and the base closer to the bottom edge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint and etching on Somerset Satin wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 59.5 x 41 cm (23 7/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 84.8 x 67 cm (33 3/8 x 26 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.74.138

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Glenn 1993, no. 188

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • The Art of Collaboration: Works from the National Gallery of Art's Gemini G.E.L. Archive, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2006-2007.

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1015.

1993

  • Glenn, Constance. Time Dust, James Rosenquist: Complete Graphics, 1962-1992. New York: Rizzoli, 1993, no. 188.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 43.7. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: N.G.A. Beach; lower right in graphite: James Rosenquist 1981; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JR80-3039

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74882107

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