Twin Mirrors
1970
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View on museum website →Medium
screenprint in blue and black on white wove paper
Dimensions
image: 86.2 x 53.2 cm (33 15/16 x 20 15/16 in.) sheet: 98.6 x 65.9 cm (38 13/16 x 25 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein
Accession Number
1996.56.57
Art Historical Context
**Twin Mirrors** (1970) is a striking screenprint by Roy Lichtenstein, iconic Pop Art pioneer known for his bold reinterpretations of comic books and consumer culture. Created in a limited edition using blue and black inks on crisp white wove paper, work measures an impressive image size of 86.2 x 53.2 cm. Lichtenstein masterfully employs screenprinting—a technique he favored for its mechanical precision and ability to mimic the Ben-Day dots of mass-produced comics—resulting in sharp lines and flat color fields that evoke commercial graphics. In the context of 1970s Pop Art, *Twin Mirrors* re...
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...