James Rosenquist
American · 1933–2017 · Painter, Printmaker
James Albert Rosenquist was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces… (Wikipedia)
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Sister ShrieksKornfeld · CHF 720,000≈ $808,128≈ £629,530≈ €736,940Sign up to see
Highway TemplePhillips · $740,000≈ £576,279≈ €672,911Sign up to see
Dog Descending a StaircasePhillips · $736,600≈ £590,935≈ €677,770Sign up to see
James Rosenquist’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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ArtSell has recorded 585 auction results for James Rosenquist between 2000 and 2026, of which 553 sold (95%). A further 21 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $116Sign up free to see to $808kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $808kSign up free to see for Sister Shrieks at Kornfeld in June 2023. The most common medium is lithographs (297 lots). Most results come from Phillips (181), Rago Auctions (121) and Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (75).
589 results · page 1 of 15
- Hot Lake (2nd State), 1978$450≈ £337≈ €393Sign up free to see
- Off the Continental Divide, 1973-74$5,376≈ £3,976≈ €4,628Sign up free to see
- Star Proctor, 1978$704≈ £521≈ €606Sign up free to see
- Sight-Seeing, 1972$1,792≈ £1,325≈ €1,543Sign up free to see
- For Gene Swenson, 1978$576≈ £426≈ €498Sign up free to see
- See-Saw, Class Systems, 1968$532≈ £393≈ €460Sign up free to see
- $384≈ £284≈ €332Sign up free to see
- $320≈ £236≈ €277Sign up free to see
- House of Fire, 1989$14,080≈ £10,455≈ €12,199Sign up free to see
- $1,792≈ £1,331≈ €1,553Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (21)
Lots by James Rosenquist that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
James Rosenquist paintings (25)James Rosenquist oil paintings (21)James Rosenquist mixed media (3)James Rosenquist works on paper (9)James Rosenquist drawings (3)James Rosenquist prints (531)James Rosenquist etchings (117)James Rosenquist aquatints (14)James Rosenquist lithographs (297)James Rosenquist screenprints (48)James Rosenquist photographs (4)
James Rosenquist: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by James Rosenquist at auction?
$808,128Sign up free to see, for Sister Shrieks at Kornfeld (June 2023) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for James Rosenquist?
The median sale price is $1.5kSign up free to see across 553 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by James Rosenquist have sold at auction?
553 of 585 recorded lots sold between 2000 and 2026. 21 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.
Which auction houses sell James Rosenquist?
Phillips, Rago Auctions and Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) account for the most recorded results. Phillips · Rago Auctions · Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
About James Rosenquist
James Albert Rosenquist was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising and consumer culture in art and society, utilizing techniques he learned making commercial art to depict popular cultural icons and mundane everyday objects. While his works have often been compared to those from other key figures of the pop art movement, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Rosenquist's pieces were unique in the way that they often employed elements of surrealism using fragments of advertisements and cultural imagery to emphasize the overwhelming nature of ads. He was a 2001 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
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