Red and Yellow Apple

1983

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Diane Hunt

Printer

Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi

Printer, Japanese, active late 20th century

The image shows intersecting curving lines creating abstract shapes in yellow, black, and red colors. Central yellow slashes overlap with bold black strokes, with a red circular shape resembling a face or flower. Blue and gray lines resembling pages are stacked adjacent to the central shapes, adding to the abstract composition.
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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: 57.8 x 77.5 cm (22 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 73 x 95.6 cm (28 3/4 x 37 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.113

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 195

  • 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. 195.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q75119619

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