Serigraph in colors on cardboard
Belgium, Brussels, 1995
After Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) – US-American Pop Art artist
Signed lower right in pencil ‘rf Lichtenstein’
Poster for an exhibition of the artist 1995 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
After the original work at the MoMA in New York (copyright note left margin)
Publisher: Plazier, Brussels
Print: Carto, Brussels
Catalog raisonné: compare Doering/Von der Osten 161
Image dimensions: 93 x 55.2 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Private Collection, La Canada Flintridge, California; Private Collection, Austria
Roy Lichtenstein is next to Andy Warhol one of the most famous representatives of pop art; the auction record for a signed serigraph by the artist is set at higher than €800,000
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‘Girl with Ball’ is one of the iconic works by the American pop art artist Roy Lichtenstein that established his recognition, when he created it in 1961 and caught the attention of important New York gallery owner and patron Leo Castelli. Today, the original painting is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This serigraph in colors was printed as a poster for an exhibition of the artist in 1995 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.



The serigraph is signed lower right in pencil ‘rf Lichtenstein’. The work is in very good condition, it is merely minimally unfresh and slight handling creases are visible. The depiction measures 93 x 55.2 cm and the dimensions of the sheet are 69.3 x 51.7 cm.



Roy 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. (tm)

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