In 1955 Rosenquist applied for and received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York. During this period he painted small format abstract paintings.

By 1957 Rosenquist was sharing an Amsterdam Avenue space with Alice Forman, Jo Warner and Peggy Smith and had met Jasper Jones, Elsworth Kelly, Jack Youngerman, Anges Martin, Charles Hinman, Robert Indiana and

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