Haystack #1, from "Haystack Series R L 69-231" / Roy Lichtenstein

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Accession Number
2010/2.38
Title
Haystack #1, from "Haystack Series R L 69-231"
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
Medium and Support
lithograph on Rives BFK
Object Creation Date
1969
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Style/Group/Movement
Pop Art
Dimensions
52.5 cm x 77.5 cm (20 11/16 in. x 30 1/2 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
offset lithograph
Secondary Object Classification
print
Secondary Object Type
landscape
Physical Description
This print has a white background with a pattern of bright yellow dots covering its surface. Yellow lines and shapes are formed in areas where the dots overlap or merge.
Subject Matter
In the fall of 1968, Lichtenstein saw an exhibition, "Serial Imagery", at the Pasadena Art Museum, and, inspired by the works by Claude Monet included in the show, began making his series of Haystack and Rouen Cathedral lithographs. This print is one of that series printed in 1969 at Gemini G.E.L. in collaboration with master printer Kenneth Tyler. It shows Lichtenstein's technique of using Benday dots, a commercial graphic design process, to create his image.
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Image Size
4140 x 2516
File Size
340 KB
Record
2010/2.38
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.38/2010_2.38.jpg

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"Haystack #1, from "Haystack Series R L 69-231"; Roy Lichtenstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.38/2010_2.38.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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