Night Scene

1980

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Rodney Konopaki

Printer, Canadian, active late 20th century

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Publisher

The image features bold, geometric shapes and lines arranged in an abstract manner. On the left are black and yellow zigzag lines and curved lines. On the right side, there is a vertical green oval shape with two protruding lines and blue triangular forms. White crosses are scattered across the black background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color softground etching, aquatint, and engraving on mold-made Lana paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 x 22.5 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 53 x 54.2 cm (20 7/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
    framed: 57.8 x 58.4 x 4.4 cm (22 3/4 x 23 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.97

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 170

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; acquired 1996 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 66.

Bibliography

1987

  • Tyler, Kenneth E. Tyler Graphics Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985. New York and Minneapolis, Minnesota: Abbeville Press and Walker Art Center, 1987, no. 356:RL24.

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. 170.

Inscriptions

below plate mark in graphite: AP 4/12 rf Lichtenstein '80

Markings

blind stamp lower right: chop of Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Wikidata ID

Q75119561

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