Mirror #6
1972
Image not available — this artwork is under copyright
View on museum website →Medium
color lithograph and screenprint on Special Arjomari wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 103.1 x 75.7 cm (40 9/16 x 29 13/16 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
1991.74.142
Art Historical Context
**Mirror #6 by Roy Lichtenstein (1972)** Step into the playful world of Pop Art with Roy Lichtenstein's *Mirror #6*, a vibrant color lithograph and screenprint from 1972. Lichtenstein, a leading figure in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and '70s, drew inspiration from comic books and advertising, translating their bold graphics into fine art. This large-scale print (103.1 x 75.7 cm) captures the illusion of a reflective mirror surface, using his signature Ben-Day dots and thick black outlines to mimic shimmering glass and fragmented reflections. Created in collaboration with the renowned Ge...
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...