Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/roy-lichtenstein-1508" aria-label="More by Roy Lichtenstein" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Roy Lichtenstein</a>
Brushstroke
Purchased 1979
fine arts and music
objects
paint, brushstroke
<p>In 1965-6 Lichtenstein made a series of paintings depicting enlarged brushstrokes. Ironically, the motif was taken from a printed source, the comic book story entitled <i>The Painting</i>, printed in <i>Strange Suspense Stories</i> in October 1964. Here Lichtenstein used it to make a direct comment on the elevated content and loaded brushwork of Abstract Expressionism. The brushstroke, as the token of the artist's personal expression, is depersonalised. The motif is screenprinted onto paper in a manner usually associated with advertising or publishing to the effect that it seems banal and everyday.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2008</em></p>
paper print screenprint
22 October 2016 – 25 February 2017
2017-02-25
22 October 2016 – 25 February 2017
2017-02-25
2016-10-22
Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Wolverhampton, UK)
http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
2016-10-22
Roy Lichtenstein
Loan-out
22 September 2017 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
22 September 2017 – 17 June 2018
2018-06-17
2017-09-22
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2017-09-22
Roy Lichtenstein
Collection based display
13 July 2019 – 4 January 2020
2020-01-04
13 July 2019 – 7 September 2019
2019-09-07
2019-07-13
Grundy Art Gallery (Blackpool, UK)
28 September 2019 – 4 January 2020
2020-01-04
2019-09-28
Hatton Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
2019-07-13
ARTIST ROOMS 2019: Roy Lichtenstein
Loan-out
25 September 2021 – 29 January 2022
2022-01-29
25 September 2021 – 29 January 2022
2022-01-29
2021-09-25
Hatton Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
2021-09-25
Print Goes Pop: Warhol to Paolozzi
Loan-out
Brushstroke
image: 565 × 724 mm
frame: 626 × 777 × 37 mm
Purchased 1979
<p>In 1965-6 Lichtenstein made a series of <a data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> depicting enlarged brushstrokes. Ironically, the motif was taken from a printed source, the comic book story entitled <i>The Painting</i>, printed in <i>Strange Suspense Stories</i> in October 1964. Here Lichtenstein used it to make a direct comment on the elevated content and loaded brushwork of Abstract Expressionism. The brushstroke, as the token of the artist's personal expression, is depersonalised. The motif is <a data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprinted</span></a> onto <a data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> in a manner usually associated with advertising or publishing to the effect that it seems banal and everyday.
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fine arts and music objects paint, brushstroke