James Rosenquist
The Light that Won't Fail I

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The Light that Won't Fail I
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CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Light that Won't Fail I
Date1972
Printed inLondon, England
Published inLondon, England
MediumLithograph in colors on wove paper, artist's proof 18/20
DimensionsImage: 20 × 26 3/8 in. (50.8 × 67 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/2 × 29 7/8 in. (57.2 × 75.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Mark D. Kalish
Object number81.201
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Works on Paper: Recent Prints," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 26—July 17, 1983.

"Images on Stone: Two Centuries of Artist's Lithographs," The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, Houston, October 30—19 December 19, 1987. Traveled to: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, March 4—April 3, 1988; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, April 21—July 3, 1988; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, September 22—October 30, 1988.

"The Age of Kusama: Pop Art and Minimalism," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 26—October 2, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower left : AP 18/20
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower center: The Light that Won’t Fail, I
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below image, lower right: Rosenquist 1972
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below image, lower right: Rosenquist 1972
Recto: Blindstamp, lower left corner: [illegible]
Recto: Blindstamp, lower left: [hat]
Catalogue raisonnéGlenn 54

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