The Prickly Dark
1987 (published 1989)
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aquatint in black on folded T. H. Saunders wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 150 x 151.8 cm (59 1/16 x 59 3/4 in.) sheet: 168.2 x 170.1 cm (66 1/4 x 66 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist
Accession Number
1989.90.4
About the Artist
James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist (1933–2017) was an American artist and a central figure of the Pop Art movement. Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, he studied at the University of Minnesota and the Art Students League of New York. To support himself, he worked as a commercial billboard painter in Times Square — an experience that profoundly shaped his artistic vision and his command of monumental scale. Rosenqu...