Roy Lichtenstein, Composition 1, 1996
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Description
Who is Roy Lichtenstein?
Born on October 27, 1923, in New York, Roy demonstrated artistic and musical abilities from an early age: he drew, painted, and sculpted as a teenager and spent many hours at the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Modern Art. Lichtenstein attended Franklin School for Boys, a private high school, and graduated in 1940. He attended Ohio State University and earned his Doctorate in Fine Arts in 1949.
Artistic Style
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein drew from advertisements and comics to create innovative paintings that brought American pop culture into gallery spaces. His early works were of an abstract expressionist style, but it wasn't until after 1957 that he began experimenting with images taken from comics found on peppermint gum wrappers. From 1961 onward, he fully dedicated himself to producing art using mass-produced commercial images. Using paint and stencils, he meticulously hand-drew Ben-Day dots and flat areas of single color.
About Composition I
Composition I brings a sense of euphoria to the work with the influence of jazz music, which Lichtenstein was passionate about. He found music to be an escape, but more importantly, one of his greatest sources of inspiration. As a music enthusiast, he often spent his youth attending jazz/soul clubs during a time when New York's music scene was at its peak. Filled with joy, wonder, and delight, Composition I is also one of the last works created by the artist, who passed away a year later. Tate Modern has a print of Composition I in its collection. Composition I has experienced steady growth, as one would expect from a leading artist: in April 2011, the piece sold for £19,691, in April 2016 for £32,855, and in April 2023 it sold for £55,667.
Exhibitions and Representations
Five years after painting Look Mickey, an image of the cartoon mouse executed in primary colors, he represented the United States at the Venice Biennale. By the 1970s, he had already enjoyed major exhibitions at the Pasadena Art Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, and the Guggenheim. Lichtenstein's work has sold for over $90 million at auction. His use of appropriated images has influenced artists such as Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Raymond Pettibon.
Public & Private Collections:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Ludwig Museum for International Art, Beijing
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
MACBA, Barcelona
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Tate, London
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Broad Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
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