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James Rosenquist (American, b.1933)
LOT ID: 79233
Sketch for Kalyx Krater Trash Cans, 1975

Graphite, Ink, gold oil paint on paper
16 х 23 in. cm.
Signed, dated and inscribed; bottom
Lot description
EXTREMELY RARE! In a private collection since the 1970s. Rosenquist sketches rarely come up at auction!

Rosenquist created this study for his 1977 Calyx-Krater Trash Can Suite. The artist even misspelled the name of the suite on the preliminary sketch. The Pop artist's takes a critical look at contemporary culture and what artifacts will remain and represent us in the years to come; similarly to how a krater informs us on the ways of the ancient Greeks.
Sketch for Kalyx Krater Trash Cans by James Rosenquist
  • Sketch for Kalyx Krater Trash Cans by James Rosenquist
  • Sketch for Kalyx Krater Trash Cans by James Rosenquist
  • Sketch for Kalyx Krater Trash Cans by James Rosenquist
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