Roy Lichtenstein

by Lawrence Alloway

Book Overview

Roy Lichtenstein became famous in the early 1960s for his deadpan recreations of popular imagery, particularly paintings based on war and romance comics. As this book demonstrates, Lichtenstein's interest in quoting subjects form both high and low art has continued throughout his career, producing a fascinating and varied body of work. As Lawrence Alloway's incisive text makes clear, Lichtenstein was not only one of the most significant postwar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896593312
• ISBN13: 9780896593312
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Pop at its best

This book is the catalogue for an exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2006. It studies Lichtenstein's work chronologically and dividing it by themes (women, interiors, early paintings...). The reproductions are very good and even show the paintings in their current frame (an unusual step which I think gives an extra dimension to the works). A very interesting book, easy to read, on an artist that changed the way we look at art.

Superb illustrations, intelligent text!

Taschen triumphs again with a beautifully produced overview of Lichtenstein's entire career, with excellent reproductions of his major works and some less wellknown pieces. Essential.