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

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

Complete set of three offset lithographs 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!

This artwork was conceived in 1966. It is issued from the edition printed after 1966, but before 1997, date of death of the artist.

Very important: the date of his death does NOT appear. In other editions appears “Roy Lichtenstein 1923 – 1997”, which means that they are editions after his death.

Mary Lee Corlett, introduction by 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)