Apple with Gray Background

1983

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Petersburg Press

Printer

Michael Berdan

Printer, American

The image depicts an abstract artwork with bold, sweeping lines and shapes that form a circular focus in the center. This central element consists of a large black circular outline filled with wavy, colorful lines in cream, blue, red, green, and purple. Around this, there are layered vertical lines in shades of gray, resembling long tubes or abstracted tree trunks. The composition exudes movement and dynamism, potentially suggesting objects resting on a surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on handmade Iwano Kizuki Hosho paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 64 x 68 cm (25 3/16 x 26 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 76 x 83.8 cm (29 15/16 x 33 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.112

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 194

  • Series Title

    Seven Apple Woodcuts

  • 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. 194.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: AP 4/14 rf Lichtenstein '83

Wikidata ID

Q75119612

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