Reverie

1965

Roy Lichtenstein

Associated Names
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

Original Editions

Publisher

The image shows a woman in profile, facing to the right. She has large, expressive eyes with bold eyeliner, arched eyebrows, a slightly open mouth revealing her top row of teeth, and a small, pointed nose. Her blonde hair is short with sweeping bangs and curls around the ears. She wears a strand of white pearls around her neck and holds a harmonica near her chin with her right hand. The background is a solid blue color with a speech bubble above her head containing the text "THE MELODY HAUNTS MY REVERIE..." and musical notes. The image is done in a graphic, pop art style with dots.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on smooth, white wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 68.7 x 58.3 cm (27 1/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 76.5 x 60.9 cm (30 1/8 x 24 in.)
    framed: 90.8 x 80.7 x 4.4 cm (35 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.56.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 38

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

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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. 23.

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. 38.

Wikidata ID

Q75122542

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