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1985

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein
Artist, American, 1923 - 1997
Alan Holoubek
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Anthony Zepeda
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Ron McPherson
Printer, American, active late 20th century
James McGowan
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Totti D'Angelo
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Gemini G.E.L.
Publisher
The image features bold, wavy lines and large blocks of color that create an abstract composition. The shapes include broad strokes of blue, pink, and gray that intertwine across the canvas. Among the colorful swaths, there are suggestions of familiar elements such as trees with green and yellow hues, and small figures in the center suggestive of people walking on a landscape. The use of vivid colors and thick lines creates an animated, abstract representation that draws connections to natural scenery and human activity, while lines at the top and bottom could represent sky and ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph, woodcut, and screenprint on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy Lichtenstein and Gemini G.E.L.

  • Dimensions

    image: 194.47 × 77.63 cm (76 9/16 × 30 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 202.09 × 85.25 cm (79 9/16 × 33 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.146.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 215

  • Series Title

    Landscapes

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2003 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Recent Prints and Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, no. 26.

1996

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Recent Prints and Sculpture, Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 1996, no. 26.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1257.

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, p. 195, no. 215.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 31.90. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: SP I rf Lichtenstein '85; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RL85-1121

Wikidata ID

Q75119082

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