Chem IA
1970
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screenprint in yellow and black on Special wove paper
Dimensions
image: 60.9 x 36.3 cm (24 x 14 5/16 in.) sheet: 76.1 x 51.7 cm (29 15/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1991.74.139
Art Historical Context
Roy Lichtenstein's *Chem IA* (1970) is a striking screenprint that exemplifies the artist's signature Pop Art style, drawing from comic book aesthetics and commercial imagery. Created during the height of the Pop Art movement, Lichtenstein transformed everyday motifs into bold, graphic statements, often using primary colors and mechanical reproduction techniques to critique consumer culture. This yellow-and-black print on Special wove paper captures his fascination with simplified forms and high-contrast visuals, evoking the mechanical precision of industrial design. The medium of screenprint...
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...