Roy Lichtenstein
MODERN PRINT, 1971
Lithograph and screenprint on Special Arjomari paper
Sheet: 31 x 30 15/16 in (78.8 x 78.5 cm)
Image: 24 x 24 in (60.9 x 60.9 cm)
31 x 31 in
78.7 x 78.6 cm
Available at Surovek Gallery
The New York Times art critic, James Farago, calls the Roy Lichtenstein retrospective at The Whitney, “the most momentous exhibition of the season.”
The retrospective was curated by artist Alex Da Corte and museum curator Meg Onli. They curated the exhibit to appeal to a younger audience, since the Whitney offers free admission to visitors 25 and under.
Gen Zers are familiar with work generated by AI to look like it was created by a human, but not work created by a human to look like it was created by AI. “The techniques I use are not commercial,” Lichtenstein said, ”they only appear to be commercial - and the ways of seeing and composing and unifying are different and have different ends.”
Lichtenstein was born in Manhattan in 1923. He studied at the Art Students League, served as a draftsman in the Army during World War ll. The then received his MFA from Ohio State and, eventually, wound up teaching art at Rutgers in 1958.
Look Mickey, one of the first paintings he did using Ben-Day dots was done in 1961. Lichtenstein’s young son challenged him to paint something as good as a drawing in his Mickey Mouse comic book. Lichtenstein took the challenge and the painting now hangs in the National Gallery in Washington.
Lichtenstein’s first solo show was at the Castelli Gallery in 1962. Every piece was sold before the show opened.
Lichtenstein was the first American to have his work shown at the Tate, London.
Roy Lichtenstein: Like New will be on view at the Whitney through May 10, 2027.
His works are also currently on exhibit at museums and galleries around the world: Guggenheim Pop 1960 to Now will be on view at the Guggenheim through January 7th, Roy Lichtenstein: Sweet Dreams, Baby! Is at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland through March 14, 2027 and Roy Lichtenstein: Beyond Reality is at the Powers Art Center in Colorado and the British Museum in London is planning a 2027 exhibit of prints and drawings that were gifted to the museum by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
Lichtenstein’s auction record stands at $95.4 million for Nurse (1964), sold at Christie’s in 2015.
Roy Lichtenstein died in New York in 1997 at age 73. The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has created a catalogue raisonné of his works and has been donating artworks and grants to museums and artists around the world.
References:
Saul Ostrow. Roy Lichtenstein: Like New. The Brooklyn Rail. November 2026.
Hilton Als. Roy Lichtenstein’s Witty Critiques of Masculinity.The New Yorker. November 2, 2026.
Jamie Martinez. Roy Lichtenstein at the Whitney Museum: A Comic Book Retrospective. ArteFuse Magazine. October 24, 2026.
Rena Gross. 7 Places to Experience the Brilliance of Roy Lichtenstein This Year. Galerie. October 16, 2026.
Jason Farago. Connecting the Dots Between Roy Lichtenstein and Today. The New York Times. October 8, 2026.
Angelica Villa, Sarah Belmont. The Most Expensive Works by Roy Lichtenstein to Sell at Auction. ArtNews. October 7, 2022.
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