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JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017) Welcome to the Water Planet III 206 7/8 x 80 7/8 in (525.5 x 205.2 cm) (Painted in 1988) image 1
JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017) Welcome to the Water Planet III 206 7/8 x 80 7/8 in (525.5 x 205.2 cm) (Painted in 1988) image 2
JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017) Welcome to the Water Planet III 206 7/8 x 80 7/8 in (525.5 x 205.2 cm) (Painted in 1988) image 3
JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017) Welcome to the Water Planet III 206 7/8 x 80 7/8 in (525.5 x 205.2 cm) (Painted in 1988) image 4
Lot 123W

JAMES ROSENQUIST
(1933-2017)
Welcome to the Water Planet III

15 May 2025, 14:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$622,800 inc. premium

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JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017)

Welcome to the Water Planet III
signed and dated 'James Rosenquist 1988' (on the overlap of each)
oil on canvas mounted to panel in three parts
206 7/8 x 80 7/8 in (525.5 x 205.2 cm)
Painted in 1988

Footnotes

This work is registered with the James Rosenquist Studio under registration number 88.06.

Provenance
Commissioned by the McDonald's Swedish Corporation, Stockholm, in 1988.

Exhibited
Tampa, Florida, University of South Florida Art Museum, James Rosenquist at USF, October 10 - December 3, 1988.

Literature
J. Rosenquist & J. Goldman, James Rosenquist: Welcome to the Water Planet and House of Fire, 1988-1989, New York, 1989, p.47.
C. Adcock, James Rosenquist's Commissioned Works, Stockholm, 1990 (illustrated p. 50).
W. Hopps & S. Bancroft, James Rosenquist: A Retrospective, New York, 2003 (p. 383).
J. Rosenquist & D. Dalton, Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art, New York, 2009, p.295-296.
S. Diederich & Y. Dziewior, eds., James Rosenquist: Painting as Immersion, Munich, London & New York, 2017 (p. 294).

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