Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp, 1997 combines the iconic Ben Day dots and stripes found in the artist’s oeuvre with the organic brushstrokes of traditional painting. This particular print stands out among Lichtenstein’s printed works because each impression consists of hand-painted brushstrokes made by the artist himself. Except for the stylized blue paint strip below the lamp and the brushstroke on the front edge of the table, the color in this work is concentrated in the left half of the composition, creating a chromatic divide that parallels the stylistic divide. The lamp, after which this work is named, occupies the upper right corner of the composition and is rendered in Lichtenstein’s cartooned style. The table beneath the lamp transgresses the divide between the two styles in this work, as its right-side features hard edges and outlines while its left side fades into a tangle of brushstrokes. Lichtenstein complicates this visual study of inanimate objects by combining two very different artistic styles, making Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp, 1997 an endlessly intriguing work of art.

Created in 1997, Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp, 1997 is a screenprint, with hand-painted magna on a honeycomb-core aluminum panel inset in a white wood frame. Printer/Publisher Proof "Saff and Company" as noted in the catalogue raisonne. Aside from the edition of 24 in the lower left margin; plus 8 AP, 1 BAT, 2 SP, 3 PP, 2 Presentation Proofs, 2 Saff and Company Proofs.

Important/Museum Collections Featured In:

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: The Roy Lichtenstein Study Collection. Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp, 1997 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1. Corlett, Mary Lee. The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2002. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 308.

2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.