James Rosenquist

Dog Descending a Staircase
1980–1982

A triptych of contrasting images with a colorful abstract car hood on the left, a black and white drawing of a dog descending a staircase in the center, and a hyperrealistic painting of a doll's face on a green background to the right. The artwork includes text at the bottom indicating the title "Dog Descending a Staircase" and the artist's signature.
A triptych of contrasting images with a colorful abstract car hood on the left, a black and white drawing of a dog descending a staircase in the center, and a hyperrealistic painting of a doll's face on a green background to the right. The artwork includes text at the bottom indicating the title "Dog Descending a Staircase" and the artist's signature.

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Date
1980–1982

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph, etching, and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 42 3/8 × 70in. (107.6 × 177.8 cm) Image (sight, irregular): 40 1/8 × 62in. (101.9 × 157.5 cm)

Accession number
2006.321

Edition
AP 5/5 | Ed. 33

Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Barbara Bertozzi Castelli

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

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James Rosenquist
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