Like other pop artists, Roy Lichtenstein hoped to eliminate the distinction between "high" and "low" art. He drew inspiration from cartoons and advertisements, adopted the look of mechanical processes, and often borrowed images directly from comic strips. In Reverie's single frame, black outlines define fields of dots that mimic commercial half-tone printing, making a punchy and accessible image of a lovelorn songstress.
Reverie, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume II
- Exhibition Label
- Like other pop artists, Roy Lichtenstein hoped to eliminate the distinction between "high" and "low" art. He drew inspiration from cartoons and advertisements, adopted the look of mechanical processes, and often borrowed images directly from comic strips. In Reverie's single frame, black outlines define fields of dots that mimic commercial half-tone printing, making a punchy and accessible image of a lovelorn songstress.
- Pop Art Prints, 2014
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein, born New York City 1923-died New York City 1997
- Date
- 1965
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Morris Incorporated
- Copyright
- © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
- Medium
- color screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- image: 27 1/8 x 23 in. (68.9 x 58.4 cm)
- Type
- Graphic Arts-Print
