Composed of energetic lines and bright colors, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Expressionist Heads” (1980) was …
Read moreComposed of energetic lines and bright colors, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Expressionist Heads” (1980) was a breakthrough print series for the Pop artist. The portfolio includes Lichtenstein’s first depictions of nude women and his first use of the woodcut printmaking technique—both of which would feature prominently in his …
Read moreThe Couple, from The Expressionist Woodcut Series. Woodcut in colors with embossing, on Arches …
Read moreThe Couple, from The Expressionist Woodcut Series. Woodcut in colors with embossing, on Arches Cover paper. Hand signed, numbered and dated in pencil. Edition of 50 (there were also 13 artist's proofs). Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and inkstamp on the reverse. Image: 33.5 x …
Read moreWhen American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein painted Look Mickey in 1961, it set the tone for his career. This primary-color portrait of the cartoon mouse introduced Lichtenstein’s detached and deadpan style at a time when introspective Abstract Expressionism reigned. Mining material from advertisements, comics, and the everyday, Lichtenstein brought what was then a great taboo—commercial art—into the gallery. He stressed the artificiality of his images by painting them as though they’d come from a commercial press, with the flat, single-color Ben-Day dots of the newspaper meticulously rendered by hand using paint and stencils. Later in his career, Lichtenstein extended his source material to art history, including the work of Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso, and experimented with three-dimensional works. Lichtenstein’s use of appropriated imagery has influenced artists such as Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Raymond Pettibon.
Composed of energetic lines and bright colors, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Expressionist Heads” (1980) was …
Read moreComposed of energetic lines and bright colors, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Expressionist Heads” (1980) was a breakthrough print series for the Pop artist. The portfolio includes Lichtenstein’s first depictions of nude women and his first use of the woodcut printmaking technique—both of which would feature prominently in his …
Read moreThe Couple, from The Expressionist Woodcut Series. Woodcut in colors with embossing, on Arches …
Read moreThe Couple, from The Expressionist Woodcut Series. Woodcut in colors with embossing, on Arches Cover paper. Hand signed, numbered and dated in pencil. Edition of 50 (there were also 13 artist's proofs). Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and inkstamp on the reverse. Image: 33.5 x …
Read moreWhen American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein painted Look Mickey in 1961, it set the tone for his career. This primary-color portrait of the cartoon mouse introduced Lichtenstein’s detached and deadpan style at a time when introspective Abstract Expressionism reigned. Mining material from advertisements, comics, and the everyday, Lichtenstein brought what was then a great taboo—commercial art—into the gallery. He stressed the artificiality of his images by painting them as though they’d come from a commercial press, with the flat, single-color Ben-Day dots of the newspaper meticulously rendered by hand using paint and stencils. Later in his career, Lichtenstein extended his source material to art history, including the work of Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso, and experimented with three-dimensional works. Lichtenstein’s use of appropriated imagery has influenced artists such as Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Raymond Pettibon.