Roy Lichtenstein

American, 1923 - 1997

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This free-standing sculpture is made up of panels and geometric shapes of vivid yellow, crimson red, white, and slate gray, all outlined with bold, jet-black lines, to create a simplified, cartoon-like, single-story house. The sculpture sits slightly off the ground on four metal feet, and is displayed on a grassy lawn with an iron fence and trees in the background. One short end of the house faces us, to our left. The peaked wall is white and is pierced with a window divided into six empty panes, two across and three down, and flanked by red shutters. Above the window is a tall, rectangular air vent with six horizontal slats. Below the window a loose grid of three horizontal lines and four short, vertical lines suggest an abstracted brick pattern. The long side of the house moves away from us to our right. It has a red chimney at the center of the gray roof. The wall of the front of the house is canary yellow. There is a white door at the middle and two more six-paned windows with red shutters to each side. Two shallow white steps leading down from the door are suggested by staggered, narrow rectangles. A dove-gray band runs along the bottom of both walls. All of the features, including the windows, shutters, door, chimney, roof, and gray band are outlined in black.
Roy Lichtenstein, House I, model 1996, fabricated 1998, fabricated and painted aluminum, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1998.147.1

House I

Roy Lichtenstein · model 1996, fabricated 1998 · fabricated and painted aluminum ·  Accession ID  1998.147.1

Roy Lichtenstein, Entablature, 1974, oil, Magna, sand, Magna medium, and aluminum powder on canvas, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, 2012.84.1

Entablature

Roy Lichtenstein · 1974 · oil, Magna, sand, Magna medium, and aluminum powder on canvas ·  Accession ID  2012.84.1

The Disney cartoon characters, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, fish off a dock in this horizontal painting. The scene and characters are painted entirely flat areas of canary yellow, cobalt blue, tomato red, and white. To our left, Donald leans over the edge of the dock with his feet spread and duckbill hanging open. He has a white body outlined in blue, big eyes filled with a pattern of tiny blue dots, and yellow feet and duckbill. He wears a blue sailor’s hat and jacket with a red bow tie and yellow circles indicating buttons. He holds a fishing pole with an oval, red bobber near the fishhook high over his head. The pole has bent back with the fishhook snagged on the back hem of Donald’s jacket. A white speech bubble over Donald’s head is outlined in blue, and blue text inside reads, “LOOK MICKEY, I’VE HOOKED A BIG ONE!!” Mickey stands to our right, covering his smiling mouth with his left hand, on our right, and holding an upright fishing pole with the other hand. His round face is filled with a pattern of tiny red dots, and his curving hairline and ears are blue. He wears blue pants, a red shirt and shoes, and white gloves. The dock is mostly yellow with a white area on the right. Its planks and three white, round posts supporting it are outlined in blue. Rippling water surrounding the dock is defined by wavy lines and undulating bands of blue against a yellow background. The artist signed his initials in the lower left, “rfl.”
Roy Lichtenstein, Look Mickey, 1961, oil on canvas, Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.41.1

Look Mickey

Roy Lichtenstein · 1961 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1990.41.1

Roy Lichtenstein, Wendy Nield, James Reid, Claudio Stickar, Gemini G.E.L., La Sortie (State), 1996, color woodcut on PTI paperboard, Gift of Roy Lichtenstein and Gemini G.E.L., 2003.146.15

La Sortie (State)

Roy Lichtenstein, Wendy Nield, James Reid, Claudio Stickar, Gemini G.E.L. · 1996 · color woodcut on PTI paperboard ·  Accession ID  2003.146.15

Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Donato, James Reid, Claudio Stickar, Gemini G.E.L., Landscape with Boats, 1996, color screenprint and lithograph on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper, Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock, 2000.177.90

Landscape with Boats

Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Donato, James Reid, Claudio Stickar, Gemini G.E.L. · 1996 · color screenprint and lithograph on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper ·  Accession ID  2000.177.90

Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Donato, Paul Gellman, Robert Meyer, James Reid, Claudio Stickar, Matthew Thomason, Gemini G.E.L., Landscape with Poet, 1996, color lithograph and screenprint on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper, Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock, 2000.177.91

Landscape with Poet

Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Donato, Paul Gellman, Robert Meyer, James Reid, Claudio Stickar, Matthew Thomason, Gemini G.E.L. · 1996 · color lithograph and screenprint on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper ·  Accession ID  2000.177.91

Roy Lichtenstein, Stanley Baden, Elizabeth Miller, James Reid, Gemini G.E.L., Untitled Head, 1995, color screenprint on Lanaquarelle wove paper, Gift of Roy Lichtenstein and Gemini G.E.L., 2003.146.17

Untitled Head

Roy Lichtenstein, Stanley Baden, Elizabeth Miller, James Reid, Gemini G.E.L. · 1995 · color screenprint on Lanaquarelle wove paper ·  Accession ID  2003.146.17

Roy Lichtenstein, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Nude with Yellow Pillow, 1994, color relief print on Rives BFK wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dorothy Lichtenstein in honor of Jack Cowart), 2015.143.1390

Nude with Yellow Pillow

Roy Lichtenstein, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd. · 1994 · color relief print on Rives BFK wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.143.1390

Roy Lichtenstein, Aiko Baden, Stanley Baden, Elizabeth Miller, James Reid, Gemini G.E.L., Still Life with Red Jar, 1994, color screenprint on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper, Gift of Roy Lichtenstein and Gemini G.E.L., 2003.146.16

Still Life with Red Jar

Roy Lichtenstein, Aiko Baden, Stanley Baden, Elizabeth Miller, James Reid, Gemini G.E.L. · 1994 · color screenprint on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper ·  Accession ID  2003.146.16

Roy Lichtenstein, Stanley Baden, Aiko Baden, Gemini G.E.L., Water Lily, 1993, color screenprint on Lana Royale wove paper, Gift of Roy Lichtenstein and Gemini G.E.L., 2003.146.10

Water Lily

Roy Lichtenstein, Stanley Baden, Aiko Baden, Gemini G.E.L. · 1993 · color screenprint on Lana Royale wove paper ·  Accession ID  2003.146.10