Object number2023.4.12
Untitled Head I
Date1970
Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
(American, 1923 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
MediumBrass on brass-plated steel base
EditionEdition 9 of 75
DimensionsComposition: 25 1/2 x 9 x 6 in. (64.8 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm)
Base: 2 x 9 x 6 in. (5.1 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm)
Base: 2 x 9 x 6 in. (5.1 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Lynn Gross Straus, class of 1946
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn a plaque affixed to the underside of the base, incised signature: Lichtenstein
InscribedOn a plaque affixed to the underside of the base, incised: '70 / II(within a circle, Gemini's foundry mark) / 9/75
BibliographyGregorio Magnani and Daniel Buchholz, eds., International Index of Multiples: From Duchamp to the Present, Cologne, 1993, p. 125; M. Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1993, New York, 1994, p. 27, fig. 14DescriptionA three-dimensional brass sculpture of an abstracted profile of a head, paired down to basic shapes and elongated. When viewed from the front or the back, the work takes on a two-dimensional quality due to the flatness of the work in the round.
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