Study of Hands

1981

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Allen Levin

Printer, American

Mary Jo Johnson

Printer, American

Greg Gomez

Printer, American

Dan Gualdoni

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Mark Pascale

Printer, American

Peter Marcus

Printer, American, born 1939

The image contains bold and dynamic shapes. A hand-like outline with a blue and yellow cuff is at the top left, while a jagged, star-like shape with striped patterns and colors such as red, cream, and black is at the top right. The composition is abstract, with stylized elements. The forms suggest hands reaching or interacting with abstract zigzagged shapes. A black and white jagged shape below resembles wood grain texture, while another hand with red polka dots and yellow streaks suggests an abstract interaction with the form below. These elements combine in an imaginative and playful manner reminiscent of pop art styles.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph and screenprint on 300-gram Rives BFK paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 63.5 x 67.3 cm (25 x 26 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 79.5 x 83.2 cm (31 5/16 x 32 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.109

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 191

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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. 191.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: AP 7/24 rf Lichtenstein '81

Markings

blind stamp lower left: chop of Washington University Printmaking Workshop, St. Louis (WU); stamped in black lower center verso: Washington University / Printmaking Workshop / WU 116

Wikidata ID

Q75119592

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