Painting with Statue of Liberty

1983

Roy Lichtenstein

Painter, American, 1923 - 1997

Smeared, blended strokes in the left half of this abstract painting contrast with outlined, stylized brushstrokes and blocks of pattern to the right in this horizontal composition. Powder-blue, canary-yellow, steel-gray, maroon-red, emerald-green, and pearl-white swipes to the left are layered under outlined white and blue strokes. A lemon-yellow vertical stripe just over halfway across the canvas separates this section from the remainder, which begins with a peach-colored, stylized scroll. Next is a wavy band of black and white diagonal stripes and then a sky-blue strip. The rightmost quarter of the canvas shows the face, crown, and one hand of the Statue of Liberty rendered in angular areas of flat color, including pale gray, black, and bright yellow, against a background of blue and white diagonal stripes.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and Magna on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 271.8 x 424.2 cm (107 x 167 in.)
    framed: 273.4 x 426.1 x 4.1 cm (107 5/8 x 167 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1996.81.6

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1983 from the artist through (Leo Castelli Gallery, New York) by Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland;[1] gift 1996 to NGA.
[1] Provenance from The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996: 248.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Lichtenstein, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1983-1984.

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 96, color repro.

2009

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010, pl. 43.

2014

  • Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, 2014, pl. 32.

Bibliography

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 96.

Inscriptions

center left reverse: © / rf Lichtenstein / '83

Wikidata ID

Q20197877


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