Offset in colors on strong, coated paper
USA, 1965/1991
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) – US-American Pop Art artist
Signed with silver pen lower right ‘rf Lichtenstein‘
Poster with letters for the exhibition ‘Pop-Art Sammlung Beck‘, Wilhelm Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen, 1991
Catalog raisonné: compare Corlett 38
Image dimensions: 67.7 x 57.8 cm
Very good condition
Next to Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein is one of the most famous artists of Pop Art; the original silkscreen ‘Reverie’ fetch up to 150,000 euro at international auctions

For this exhibition poster ‘Pop Art Sammlung Beck’, which took place in 1991 at the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, Roy Lichtenstein’s silkscreen ‘Reverie’ from 1965 was reproduced as an offset printing. Some copies of the posters were signed by the artist.

The exhibition poster is signed lower right with silver pen ‘rf Lichtenstein’. The sheet is fixed to a back board at the reverse upper sheet edges and in very good condition. The frame shows slight signs of wear. The image without letters measures 67.7 x 57.8 cm, the sheet 86.1 x 56.4 cm. The framed dimensions are 80.5 x 66 cm.

Roy Fox Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Next to Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein is possibly the best known representative of Pop Art. Pop Art was formed in the 1950s independently in the USA and England and spread throughout North America and Europe in the 1960s. The motifs of Pop Art originate from everyday life, the mass media, advertising and the consumer world. The illustrations are mostly striking and photo-realistic. The forms are – like in Roy Lichtenstein’s work – often outlined in black color, equally to comics, as well as designed in primary colors. Thematically Pop Art deals with both the enthusiasm and the criticism of the affluent society of the 1950s and 1960s.

In his early work, Roy Lichtenstein was still strongly influenced by Pablo Picasso and his Blue and Rose Period. The first signs of Pop Art in his work can be found in 1956. The international breakthrough came in 1961 with his work ‘Look Mickey’. From the 1980s onwards, he returned to his artistic roots, which can be found in Surrealism and Expressionism. Roy Lichtenstein exhibited at the documenta in Kassel in 1968 and 1977. In addition to paintings he created screen and woodblock prints, collages, ceramics and sculptures. His works today are shown in international museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. (fea)

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