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Expo 67 Mural - Firepole 33' X 17'

Expo 67 Mural - Firepole 33' X 17', 1967

  • Fred Genis, Dutch
  • James Rosenquist, American, 1933 - 2017
  • Donn Steward, American
  • Universal Limited Art Editions

Lithograph printed in color ink on wove paper

  • Image: 33 × 17 inches (83.8 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 33 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (85.7 × 47 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, funds from Lee and Tina Hills

68.62

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Jim Rosenquist 1967

Publisher's drystamp, lower left edge

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 11/41 EXPO MURAL 67 - FIREPOLE 33 X 17'

1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

American Prints 1960-1985. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1986, p. 342.

James Rosenquist, Expo 67 Mural - Firepole 33' X 17', 1967, lithograph printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, funds from Lee and Tina Hills, 68.62.

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