This Must Be the Place

1965

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Leo Castelli Gallery

Publisher

This abstract composition features geometric shapes and straight lines intersecting across the canvas. Bold colors and patterns adorn the futuristic cityscape, with forms resembling skyscrapers, chimneys, arches, and columns. The dynamic skyline is accentuated by curved lines and segmented structures. There is a comic-style speech bubble in the top right corner with the text, "THIS MUST BE THE PLACE!"
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    offset lithograph in yellow, red, blue, and black on white wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 62.9 x 45.2 cm (24 3/4 x 17 13/16 in.)
    framed: 54.3 x 40.6 cm (21 3/8 x 16 in.)
    framed: 71.8 x 54 x 4.4 cm (28 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.146

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. III.20

  • 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. 26.

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. III.20.

Inscriptions

lower right in felt-tip pen: rf Lichtenstein 1965

Wikidata ID

Q75122545

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