Auto Tire, Dinner Triangle

Created for the renowned art magazine XXème Siècle, this vibrant lithograph on paper by James Rosenquist reflects the artist’s unmistakable Pop sensibility, translated here into a bold abstract language.

At the centre of the composition appears a circular red form, mottled and painterly in texture, surrounded by a thick blue ring that radiates short energetic strokes outward like a halo or burst of light. Around this nucleus, Rosenquist layers several large intersecting star-shaped outlines, drawn with sweeping, fluid lines in yellow, violet, turquoise, red, and pink.

The overlapping geometry suggests movement and tension—almost like a dynamic emblem, a spinning target, or an exploding sign. The graphic clarity, strong colour contrasts, and sense of visual “collision” evoke Rosenquist’s background in billboard painting and his fascination with modern visual culture.

This striking print balances spontaneity and structure, with a playful yet powerful presence typical of XXème Siècle’s celebrated artist editions.