La Sortie (State)
1996
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View on museum website →Medium
color woodcut on PTI paperboard
Dimensions
image: 133.7 x 190.5 cm (52 5/8 x 75 in.) sheet: 148.6 x 205.7 cm (58 1/2 x 81 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Roy Lichtenstein and Gemini G.E.L.
Accession Number
2003.146.15
Art Historical Context
Roy Lichtenstein's *La Sortie (State, created in 1996, is a striking color woodcut on PTI paperboard, exemplifying the artist's late-career exploration into printmaking. Measuring an impressive 133.7 190.5 cm (image) and 148.6 x 205.7 cm (sheet), large-scale print was produced in collaboration with the renowned Gemini G.E.L. workshop generously gifted to the National Gallery Art by the artist himself and the studio. As one of Lichtenstein's final works—he passed away in 1997—it reflects his enduring fascination with bold graphics and commercial imagery. A pioneer of Pop Art, Lichtenstein drew...
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...