Modern Head #1

started 1969, published 1970

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Richard Royce

Printer, American, born 1941

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image contains geometric shapes and lines intersecting and overlapping. The composition includes circles, rectangles, and wavy lines, with polka dot patterns in red and blue. The main elements are a black circle, a red half-circle, and a yellow strip.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Hoshi laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    image: 51.28 × 31.75 cm (20 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 61.3 × 48.3 cm (24 1/8 × 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 91

  • Series Title

    Modern Head

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 242.

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, p. 112, no. 91.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 31.23. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Gemini I; lower right in graphite: rf Lichtenstein '70; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RL77-243

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74035209

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