Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1923-1997
Preview
Date of Work
1974
Medium
Lithograph and screen print with debossing in colors
Edition #
71/100
Signature
Lower right
Height
47 3/8" (famed)
Width
37 1/2" (framed)
Collection/Provenance
Published by The Committee to Endow a Chair in Honor of Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996) at Columbia University.
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: FF_002_E
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
In the early 1960s, Roy Lichtenstein appropriated comic book images, intending to transform his popular sources into a “high art” form. Like Warhol, he also incorporated mechanized processes based on those used in the commercial art of his day. In Lichtenstein’s case, stencils were used to produce enlarged Benday dots, as well as cartoon figures, and balloons with words.
The artwork on display by Lichtenstein from the For Meyer Schapiro print portfolio coincides with a series of still-life paintings Lichtenstein made in a variety of styles during the mid 1970s.
This artwork is from a portfolio of original prints published in recognition of Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996), a distinguished art historian who was very much appreciated by major contemporary artists of his day.
In 1974, a committee was formed to establish a Chair in Art History at Columbia University in Schapiro's honor. The portfolio, published in an edition of 100, was produced to raise funds to support the Chair. UND’s set of portfolio prints are numbered 71/100.
In 2005, when UND Art Collections began its operations, the Lichtenstein print was missing. It was eventually located in a cluttered storage area that was generally unsuitable for holding fine art. When found, the print lacked an archival mat and required museum-quality framing with a UV filtering acrylic sheet, which it received shortly after it was recovered.
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Fading from light exposure