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The Persistance of Electrons in Space

James Rosenquist

1987

Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 39 15/16 × 36 5/8 in. (101.4 × 93 cm) Plate: 31 13/16 × 31 1/2 in. (80.8 × 80 cm)
Accession number
88.30
Acquired
1988
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund and the Print Purchase Fund
Reproduction credit
© Estate of James Rosenquist / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Edition
31/48 | 8 APs, 4 PPs
Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.
Department
collection

About this work

James Rosenquist, The Persistance of Electrons in Space, 1987. Etching and aquatint, sheet: 39 15/16 × 36 5/8 in. (101.4 × 93 cm) Plate: 31 13/16 × 31 1/2 in. (80.8 × 80 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund and the Print Purchase Fund 88.30. © Estate of James Rosenquist / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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