Haystack #4
1969
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View on museum website →Medium
color lithograph and screenprint on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
image: 34 x 59.6 cm (13 3/8 x 23 7/16 in.) sheet: 52.5 x 77.9 cm (20 11/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1985.47.116
Art Historical Context
Roy Lichtenstein's *Haystack #4* (1969) invites visitors into the bold, graphic world of Pop Art, where everyday imagery meets high art. Created as a color lithograph and screenprint on premium Rives BFK wove paper, this print measures 34 x 59.6 cm for the image and 525 x 77.9 cm for the sheet, showcasing Lichtenstein's mastery of commercial printing techniques. The combination of lithography for fine lines and screenprinting for vibrant, flat colors exemplifies how Pop artists in the late 1960s transformed mass-media aesthetics into collectible fine art. As a leading figure in the Pop Art mo...
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...