Red Apple and Yellow Apple

1983

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi

Printer, Japanese, active late 20th century

Diane Hunt

Printer

The image shows two large, stylized apples at the center, outlined in black with stripes of yellow and red. The color palette includes black, yellow, red, light blue, and a beige background. The apples are positioned side by side, with one being more yellow and the other more red. The background above the apples has horizontal red strokes, while yellow strokes create a base at the bottom.
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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: 52.4 x 77.8 cm (20 5/8 x 30 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 70.8 x 94.9 cm (27 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 197

  • 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. 197.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q75119614

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