Roads Collar

1987/1989

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Graphicstudio

Publisher

The image consists of abstract fluid shapes and sweeping lines on a light background with contrasting colors like red, brown, orange, blue, and black. The composition includes layering, with red shapes resembling flowing ribbon or fabric, and blue and yellow forms resembling decorative feathers or flowing ribbons. Dotted patterns and broad brushstrokes are interspersed throughout, occasionally suggesting organic forms like waves or hair. The overall image presents an abstract construct with a playful assembly of curls and textures reminiscent of an eclectic costume or a theatrical mask in motion.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color waxtype, woodcut, lithograph, and screenprint on Saunders Waterford paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 132.9 x 72.7 cm (52 5/16 x 28 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.56.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 228

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

  • Fine, Ruth E., and Mary Lee Corlett. Graphicstudio: Contemporary Art from the Collaborative Workshop at the University of South Florida. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, no. 81.

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. 228.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q74884000

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