A bright orange, flame-like figure rises against swirling black smoke above the text "Leo Castelli XC.".

James Rosenquist

The Flame Still Dances on Leo's Book

1997

Not on view

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Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 37 3/16 × 27 1/16 in. (94.5 × 68.7 cm) Image: 28 × 23 5/16 in. (71.1 × 59.2 cm)

Accession number
99.63.7

Edition
53/90 | I-XC APs, 10 PPs

Publication
Printed by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Gift of Jean-Christophe Castelli and tribute from the artists in honor of Leo Castelli

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of James Rosenquist / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/12192

Part of a series:
Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio
10 works

A large tilted solid blue rectangle centered on a white background.
A layered collage showing an eagle head overlapping a tiger's striped face and a chandelier.
An older man holds a toddler's hand as they walk together in an art gallery.
A colorful pop-art style interior showing a chair, dresser, potted plant, and window.
Large vertical wooden panels with visible grain and a small black-and-white photograph taped in the bottom-right corner.
Large textured black square on a white background with a small artist signature at the bottom right.
Three stick-figure people stand on a pale ground looking up at yellow star constellations.
White sheet with mirrored hand-drawn words 'LIFE' and 'FLY' repeated in pencil.
A bright orange flame rises against smoky black swirls above a platform labeled "Leo Castelli XC".
A black poster displays the quote, "One only finishes the finished work," credited to Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres.

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