In the 1960s, when Roy Lichtenstein began incorporating comic strips into his paintings, he framed the gesture as a form of ironic appropriation. His use of cartoons and comics was meant to ...
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s work is instantly recognizable: the giant, colorful canvases; the Ben-Day dots; the distinctively comic book-inspired images. That last element has caused controversy ...
There’s one piece in the range of 43 Roy Lichtenstein works up for auction at Sotheby’s that feels out of place. Among the thousands of Ben Day dots, exacting lines, and clear subjects associated ...