Roy Lichtenstein (after) - Kiss V

Offset lithograph by Roy Liechtenstein (*)
Reproduction of the work “Kiss V,” created by Roy Lichtenstein in 1964.
Deluxe edition on coated graphic paper (250 g/m²)
Printed with authorization from the Estate of Roy Liechtenstein.

- Sheet dimensions: 28 x 36 cm
- Image dimensions: 20 x 20 cm
- Year: 2004
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or displayed; it has always been kept in a professional art portfolio, so it is offered in perfect condition).
- Provenance: Private collection.

The work will be handled with care and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. It will be shipped by registered mail with a tracking number.

Shipping will also include transport insurance for the final value of the work, with a full refund in the event of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) The painter and sculptor who plundered comics and turned them into museum material.
Roy Lichtenstein was one of the key figures of American Pop art and, as such, drew inspiration for his work from both popular culture—commercial advertisements, magazines, comics…—and traditional art history: Art Deco, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism (of which he was an adherent early in his career)…
Lichtenstein’s work is characterized by its irony (something Pop artists prided themselves on, sometimes disguised as snobbery or superficiality…), the use of Benday dots (used in graphic arts) and industrial colors, the language of comics (onomatopoeia, panels, narrative), and his mastery of line.
Lichtenstein began in the fashionable Abstract Expressionist style, but soon joined the rest of the Pop guerrilla movement in rebelling against abstraction and embracing figurative art. And the more popular and mechanical the imagery, the better.
Of course, in 1958 there was nothing more popular and mechanical than a comic book, so Lichtenstein decided he would create mass-produced commercial images.
Except… what appears to have been made by a machine is reproduced by hand.
These images were faithful portraits of consumer society and mass culture, and may or may not be a critique of the contemporary world, an idealization, or a satire of Western capitalist society.
This ambiguity between criticism and admiration, between mockery and respect, is typical of Pop art, which cynically plays at masquerade.
Born in New York, Lichtenstein lived in this city—the capital of everything Pop represents—and died there at the age of 73, celebrated as an artist whose paintings sold for more than 40 million euros.