Haystacks / Roy Lichtenstein
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.25
- Title
- Haystacks
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of David Caldwell Leedy
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pop Art
- Dimensions
- 52.4 cm x 78.1 cm (20 5/8 in. x 30 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Brightly colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in red-orange and navy blue depicting a field, with high horizon line, two haystacks, trees, shrubs and mountains in the background, and two strips of clouds in the sky.
- Subject Matter
- Demonstrates Lichtenstein’s use of Ben Day dots, a technique borrowed from comic book illustrations, which he applied to a well-known work from art history, a painting from Monet’s “Haystacks,” a series of works whose primary subjects were stacks of grain and the transience of light across various times of days and seasons. Completely reinterpreted, Lichtenstein’s use of Ben Day dots and a reduced palette of bright red and dark blue underscores his investigation and critique of the conventions of visual representation.
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- grass (plant material)
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- lithographs
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- ornament areas
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- plant material
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2808 x 1656
- File Size
- 619 KB
- Record
- 2005/2.25
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-2.25/2005_2_25.jpg
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"Haystacks; Roy Lichtenstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-2.25/2005_2_25.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
