Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) (after) - As I Opened Fire Poster, Triptych.

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 - 1997)
As I Opened Fire Poster, Triptych.

The complete set of three offset lithograph on wove paper, from the edition of 3,140,1966.

Printed by Drukkerj Luii & Co., Amsterdam.
Published by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.


64Hx52cm

Perfect condition!

Questo'opera è stata concepita nel 1966. È tratto dall'edizione stampata dopo il 1966, ma prima del 1997, data della morte dell'artista.

Molto importante: la data della sua morte NON appare. In altre edizioni compare “Roy Lichtenstein 1923 – 1997”, il che significa che si tratta di edizioni postume.

Mary Lee Corlett, introduzione di Ruth E. Fine, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein. A catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997. 2. Revised Edition. New York 2002, p. 324, App.5.

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)