James Rosenquist, Highway Temple

signed, titled and dated ““HIGHWAY TEMPLE" James Rosenquist 1979" on the reverse
oil and painted wood on canvas on panel
36 x 84 x 2 1/4 in. (91.4 x 213.4 x 5.7 cm.)
Executed in 1979.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Sweden
Meridian Fine Art, New York
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris
Evelyn and Jonathan Read, United States
Private Collection
Acquavella Galleries, New York and Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 2004)
Private Collection, Houston (acquired from the above in 2005)
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in March 2011)
Sotheby's, New York, November 11, 2014, lot 64
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:
Salzburg and Paris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Ensemble Moderne: das Moderne Stilleben / The Still Life in Modern Art, July 25 - October 30, 1998, no. 103, p. 189 (illustrated, pp. 126-127)
Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art; Wellesley, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College; Minneapolis, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Surrounding Interiors: Views Inside the Car, October 5, 2001 - January 3, 2003, pp. 8-9 (illustrated)

Literature:
American Pop Art, exh. cat., Loggiato S. Bartolomeo, Palermo, 1998, p. 31 (illustrated)