The American Pop artist based their work on aspects of pop culture - things like advertising, newspapers photos, and the phenomenon of 'the star'. Lichtenstein specialized in strip cartoons, blowing up details until they were so large you could see the details of the colour raster.
Specifications
| Title | Crying Girl |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Offset lithograph |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 459 mm Width 610 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Roy Lichtenstein
Printer: Colorcraft Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery |
| Accession number | MB 1965/29 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1965 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1965 |
| Creation date | in 1963 |
| Entitled parties | © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2018 |
| External exhibitions |
The American Dream (2017) (H)erkennen Herbouwen. Wonderkamers van het Rotterdams koloniale verleden. (2023) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Offset lithograph
> Offset print
> Mechanical
> Planographic printing
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
All about the artist
Roy Lichtenstein
New York 1923 - New York 1997
Roy Lichtenstein started painting abstract expressionistic works in the late fifties, but at the start of the sixties he turned to Pop Art. His first solo...
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