Beetle with Umbrella
1950
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph in black
Dimensions
image: 20.1 × 17 cm (7 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 32.3 × 27.8 cm (12 11/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.3178
Art Historical Context
**Beetle with Umbrella *Roy Lichtenstein, 195* Step into the whimsical world of Roy Lichtenstein *Beetle with Umbrella a charming 1950 lithograph in black ink from the National Gallery of Art's Reba and Dave Williams. Measuring a compact image of 20.1 × 17 cm on a 32.3 × 27.8 cm sheet, this print depicts a dapper beetle sheltering under an umbrella—a playful nod to Lichtenstein's early experimentation with humorous, anthropomorphic subjects. Created a decade before his Pop Art breakthrough, this work captures Lichtenstein in his twenties, honing skills in printmaking amid post-World War ...
About the Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, in New York City to Milton Lichtenstein, a real estate broker, and Beatrice Werner Lichtenstein, a homemaker with musical training, in an upper-middle-class German-Jewish family. Growing up on the Upper West Side, he displayed early artistic talent, sketching jazz musicians and visiting museums like the Museum of Modern Art. In 1939, he studied painti...