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The Light That Won't Fail I
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The Light That Won't Fail I

Artist/Maker James Rosenquist United States, 1933-2017
Date1972
CultureAmerican
Mediumlithograph
DimensionsSight: 21 3/4 x 29 in. (55.2 x 73.7 cm)
Framed: 29 5/8 x 22 1/4 in. (75.2 x 56.5 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Dr. Neil L. Balick
Terms
    Object number81.0496
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    Collections
    • Art of North America
    DescriptionThe Light That Won't Fail, based on the 1961 painting of the same title, combines an upward turned female face exhaling smoke (from a Philip Morris cigarette ad), (a man pulling on) socks, and a comb. The latter two images suggest the ritual of daily rising, and Rosenquist has said that the "light" is his inspiration and the picture visualizes what he does every morning before he begins to work. Rosenquist frequently borrowed the same advertising images for different compositions, but unlike other Pop artists, he did not work serially.
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