Knight with Lady
1951
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View on museum website →Medium
color woodcut on white laid drawing paper
Dimensions
image: 27.6 x 37.8 cm (10 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.) sheet: 30.5 x 42.2 cm (12 x 16 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein
Accession Number
1996.56.14
Art Historical Context
**Knight with Lady**, a charming 1951 color woodcut by Lichtenstein, captures an early moment in the artist's career, well before his iconic Pop Art in the 1960s. Created when Lichtenstein was just emerging as a printmaker, this intimate work on white laid drawing paper measures about 11 x 15 inches and evokes medieval chivalry through its titular figures—a knight and his lady. Printed at the National Gallery of Art thanks to a generous gift from Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein, it offers a glimpse into his versatile beginnings. The color woodcut technique highlights Lichtenstein's skillful hand...
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...