Haystack #6 (State I)
1969
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lithograph in blue and black on Special Arjomari wove paper
Dimensions
image: 34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.) sheet: 52.6 x 78.1 cm (20 11/16 x 30 3/4 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
1991.74.136
Art Historical Context
Roy Lichtenstein's *Haystack #6 ( I)*, created in 1969, is a striking lithograph in blue and black ink on Special Arjomariove paper. Measuring 34.2 cm in the image area on a generous sheet of 52.6 x 78.1 cm, this print Lichtenstein's mastery of commercial printing techniques during his Pop Art peak. Produced in collaboration with the renowned Gemini G.E.L. workshop in Los Angeles, it reflects the era's fusion of fine art and mass reproduction, now housed in the National Gallery of Art as a gift from the publisher and artist. As a key figure in Pop Art, Lichtenstein often riffed on art history...
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...