The Mask

1989

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Graphicstudio

Publisher

The image displays various shapes and lines, including black dots, brushstrokes in brown, black, and blue, and geometric forms in gray. There is a resemblance to a face profile, with features like an eye formed by black brushstrokes and hints of red suggesting lips. Dot patterns and brushstrokes evoke textures similar to comic book art and hair.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph, waxtype, woodcut, screenprint, and collage on 638-g/m2 cold-pressed Saunders Waterford paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irregular): 117 x 79.4 cm (46 1/16 x 31 1/4 in.)
    framed: 127 x 88.6 x 4.8 cm (50 x 34 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.56.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 227

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

  • The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, 1994-1995, no. 80.

Bibliography

2002

  • Corlett, Mary Lee, and Ruth E. Fine. The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997. New York and Washington, D.C.: Hudson Hills Press and the National Gallery of Art, 2002, no. 227.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: N.G.A. proof Roy Lichtenstein '89

Wikidata ID

Q74883915

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