The Heavier-than-Air Machine

1953

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

The image shows angular shapes and lines forming an abstract design. The composition includes pink and gray backgrounds, zigzag patterns, elongated geometric shapes, circular motifs, and straight lines. Red and white shapes are interspersed, adding to the abstract quality.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.4 x 38.3 cm (12 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.6 x 52.4 cm (16 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.21

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 23A

  • 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. 10.

2019

  • Roy Lichtenstein: Multiple Visions, Museo delle Culture, Milan, Italy, 2019, p. 67.

2021

  • Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; Columbus Museum of Art; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, 2021-2023 (shown only in Water Mill), p. 135, no plate number, repro.

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. 23A.

2019

  • Museo delle culture.Roy Lichtenstein: multiple visions. Milan, 2019, pp. 67.

2020

  • Finch, Elizabeth, and Price, Marshall N., editors. Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960. Exh cat. Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, 2021-2023: 135.

Inscriptions

lower left to lower center in graphite: The Heavier-than-Air Machine 1953; lower right in graphite: Lichtenstein artist's proof

Wikidata ID

Q75119310

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