James Rosenquist

Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 1987

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, The Menil Collection; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, James Rosenquist: A Retrospective, October 2003 - October 2004, cat. no. 108, p. 213, illustrated in color

Oliver Stone, Director, Wall Street, USA, 1987, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

This work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges. There is stable hairline craquelure in some of the roughly painted areas, which is visible under close inspection. There is 2 ½ inch hairline abrasion in the nose and some black abrasions near the bottom of both canvases. Towards center of right panel there is a small ¾ inch piece of paper adhered to the surface. There are some light and scattered accretions throughout and some minor, faint yellow stains on the left edge in the white painted portion, which fluoresce brightly under Ultraviolet light inspection, but appear to be residue from tape used by the artist in the creation process. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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