Bunraku
Artwork details
- Artist
- James Rosenquist
- Title
- Bunraku
- Description
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Lithograph printed on Arches paper. Edition 60 + 9 proofs; this impression signed by the artist and dated 1970 lower right in pencil, numbered AP 9/9 lower left in pencil.
This print depicts large, shiny bubbles that cascade over a scribbled, dense background. The sense of movement suggests Rosenquist was influenced by the dynamic performances of Bunraku.
Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppetry. Nearly life-sized, they are operated by black-cloaked puppeteers, while a narrator describes the action, and a live musician provides the soundtrack. The detail of the puppets is so great they can roll their eyes and take almost any pose.
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- Colour Lithograph
- Edition
- 60
- Signature
- Signed
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Constance W. Glenn Time Dust: James Rosenquist Complete Graphics 1962 - 1992, Rizzoli, New York 1993, no. 33, illustrated p. 44.
- Sheet
- 32.5 x 23.5 inches
- Status
- Available
- Price
- $3,500.00
