Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was one of the most successful and influential artists of the 20th century, helping pioneer and define Pop Art in the 1960's.
Lichtenstein's signature style mined images from comic books and advertisements, elevating them beyond their humble sources. He emphasized the artificiality of his images by mimicking the look of commercial press production, raising important questions (via Pop art) about appropriation, parody, consumer culture, and the limits of what art can be.
This poster was made for a 1965 exhibition, Brushstrokes and Ceramics, at Leo Castelli gallery in New York. This superb offset lithograph pictures an iconic image from Lichtenstein's Brushstroke series. The series, created between 1965-67, was a commentary on the bravura of midcentury Abstract Expressionism.Â
Lichtenstein distills the sweeping gestures of Willem de Kooning and the staccato drips of Jackson Pollock into a stylized emblem, isolating stroke and spatter against a field of Ben Day dots. Rendered with deliberate flatnessâstripped of texture or spontaneityâthe image becomes both parody and homage, its bold scale, dramatic cropping, and vibrating dotted ground asserting the workâs presence.
Lichtenstein's work can be found in major public collections across the United States and beyond, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and Centre Pompidou (Paris), to name a few.
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Brushstroke: Leo Castelli Gallery Poster 1965
USA, 1965
Offset lithograph on heavy smooth white wove paper
Produced for an exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery (Nov 20-Dec 16, 1965)
Printed by Poster Originals, Ltd., New York
From an unknown edition
23"H 29"W (sheet)
Very good condition
Catalogue Raisonné: Prestel, 10 (Lichtenstein Posters, p. 113)
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