1967
Medium: Lithograph with screenprint
Sheet size: 71 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches
Frame size: 74 3/4 x 39 5/8 inches
Printer and Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Edition size: 38, plus proofs
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil
From the series Booster and Seven Studies, the artist’s first collaboration with Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. At the time of publication, Booster was the largest fine art lithograph ever made. This print is a self portrait, using an x-ray of the artist overlaid with seemingly unrelated imagery to explore the relationship between humanity and technology. Given the public’s fascination with space exploration at the time, the title is often interpreted as a reference to a rocket booster
