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© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
CRAK!
196419 7/8 x 28 7/16 in. (50.5 x 72.2 cm)
Roy Lichtenstein
American (New York, NY, 1923 - 1997, New York, NY)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Offset lithograph
Credit Line:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery
Accession Number:
1975.239
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Printer:
Colorcraft, New YorkPublisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Gallery label text 2012:
CRAK! was made around the time Roy Lichtenstein first gained attention for his appropriation and elevation of the visual vocabulary of comic strips. The now-iconic Ben-Day dots, thick outlines, speech balloons, and tight cropping were quite new and shocking at the time. Both Lichtenstein and Warhol were elemental in the Pop Art movement for their conscious rejection of highbrow subjects and their use of commercial printing techniques.
CRAK! was made around the time Roy Lichtenstein first gained attention for his appropriation and elevation of the visual vocabulary of comic strips. The now-iconic Ben-Day dots, thick outlines, speech balloons, and tight cropping were quite new and shocking at the time. Both Lichtenstein and Warhol were elemental in the Pop Art movement for their conscious rejection of highbrow subjects and their use of commercial printing techniques.
Marks
Artist's signature, lower right: rf Lichtenstein
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Mary Lee Corlett. The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalog Raisonné, 1948-1993. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1994.
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