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(after) Roy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein As I Opened Fire (set of 3 lithographic posters)c.2001
c.2001
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Roy Lichtenstein As I Opened Fire, set of 3 Lithographic Posters:
An authorized reproduction of Roy Lichtenstein's painting entitled "As I Opened Fire" (1964), the subject matter is inspired by panels for DC Comics' 1962 All American Men of War. Published by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam circa the late 1990's/early 2000's.
Offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper.
Minor signs of handling; minor adhesive residue to the reverse of 1 (not visible to frontside); in otherwise very good overall vintage condition.
Dimensions: 20 x 24 inches for each (applies to each individual).
Stamped on the verso from an edition of unknown; unsigned.
Published by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
More on As I Opened Fire:
Early on in his career Roy Lichtenstein based his work mostly on cartoons and comic books. This triptych drew from the comic book "All American Men of War". The three images in As I Opened Fire work together to tell a story. The narrative is reinforced with carefully added text. This work references a revolution in art in the 1960s. Formally, Lichtenstein appropriated images from popular culture. He inserted them into a fine art context enlarging them, altering them slightly and painting them on canvas. Thus, the artist obscured the border of high and low art. He followed a strict, self-imposed formal vocabulary. Lichtenstein emphasized primary colors, black contours and enlarged 'Benday dots' frequently seen in mechanical reproductions. This work, a typical example of Pop art, can be understood as a reaction against Abstraction Expressionism. Lichtenstein responds with the erasure of the artist's hand in his painting. (source: Stedelijk Museum)
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Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923–1997) was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement, creating a variety of paintings and sculptures in a signature, comic book aesthetic. He worked from images in newspaper ads and comic strips, appropriating both their subject matter and style, developing a technique that mimicked the screen-printed Ben-Day dots used in print media. One his most famous works, Drowning Girl (1963), features an image from the DC Comic Secret Love #83, and depicts a crying woman as she is covered by waves, accompanied by the melodramatic caption: “I don’t care! I’d rather sink—than call Brad for help!”
Born in New York, NY, Lichtenstein attended the Art Students League during his teenage years before enrolling at Ohio State University to study art. In 1943, Lichtenstein was drafted into the army, serving for three years before returning to school. In 1949 he received an MFA, and continued to teach and paint in Ohio for several years. His early 1950s works, painted in a European Modernist style, frequently depict uniquely “American” subjects, including scenes of western expansion and an adaptation of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s famous Washington Crossing the Delaware (1871).
In the 1960s, Lichtenstein moved to New Jersey to teach at Rutgers University, and began his iconic comic strip works, which marked a distinct break with his previous aesthetic. Lichtenstein was motivated to create works that no one would want to hang on the walls, later commenting, “The one thing everyone hated was commercial art; apparently they didn’t hate that enough, either.” A solo show of such works at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1962 garnered him critical acclaim and notoriety in the art world. His work continued to incorporate pop culture themes, displaying static images of figures, brushstrokes, landscapes, mirrors, reflections, and other subject matter in an ironic style. His later works feature close examinations of illusionism and the representation of reality in art. A very prolific, celebrated, and sought-after artist, Lichtenstein created many public sculptures during his lifetime, and his work has been the subject of many retrospectives around the world. He died in New York City in 1997, at 74 years old.
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Lichtenstein prints. Tom Wesselmann. Robert Rauschenberg. 1960s Pop Art. Contemporary Pop. Claes Oldenburg. James Rosenquist. Engagement with Mass Media, Popular Culture, New York Artists, Comic/Cartoon, 20th Century Art, United States, Painting, Silkscreen, Work on Paper.
- Creator:(after) Roy Lichtenstein (1928, American)
- Creation Year:c.2001
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
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- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354312708982
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