Ten Dollar Bill

1956

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

The image features curved, swirling lines and shapes forming an abstract representation resembling a currency note. A central shape akin to an oval frame seen on banknotes encloses an abstract portrait silhouette. Abstract shapes and designs on either side mimic currency design details, like numbers and textual elements such as "TEN DOLLARS." Flowery and curled line patterns along the edges suggest decorative motifs found on money. The image creatively reinterprets a ten-dollar bill in a playful and artistic way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on Rives paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 25 x 47.7 cm (9 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 48.1 x 61.5 cm (18 15/16 x 24 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 30

  • 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. 13.

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 Durham), no 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. 30.

2020

  • Finch, Elizabeth, Marshall N. Price, Scott Manning Stevens, Ruth Fine, Graham Bader. Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1060. New ork: Rizzoli Electra, 2020, p. 172-173 (illustrated).

  • 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.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 18/25; lower right in graphite: rf Lichtenstein 1956/79

Watermarks

RIVES

Wikidata ID

Q75119317

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