James Rosenquist was a leader in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. Following art school, he designed store windows and painted billboards to earn a living. This commercial experience led to his particular style. The term "pop" refers to popular culture. Rosenquist often combines consumer items, such as laundry detergent or canned spaghetti sauce, with things related to leisure time activities, such as sunglasses or ballet dancers. His themes include aspects of our affluent, mass-producing, and consumer-oriented society.

Rosenquist has made a number of screen prints and etchings, but most of his graphics are lithographs. His entire development as an artist has been shown in comprehensive retrospectives at several major museums.

His prints can be found in many permanent collections including:

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris
The Art Institute of Chicago
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida