Fine Art Poster
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A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
World's Fair Mural - Roy Lichtenstein
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£37.00 GBP
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£37.00 GBP
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Beschreibung
A classic Pop Art composition by Roy Lichtenstein, featuring a stylised female figure framed in a window, executed in his signature comic-book aesthetic.
Roy Lichtenstein produced this work for the New York World's Fair in 1964. It is a large-scale commission that reflects his interest in the visual language of mass media and commercial printing. The composition features a woman framed within a window, her expression one of joy or anticipation. Lichtenstein employs his signature aesthetic, which includes thick black outlines, flat areas of primary colour, and the use of Ben-Day dots to suggest shading and texture. This technique mimics the mechanical reproduction processes found in comic books and newspapers of the mid-twentieth century.
The figure is rendered with a stylised simplicity that removes individual detail, turning the subject into a recognisable icon of popular culture. Her pose, with arms crossed and eyes closed, suggests a moment of private emotion, yet the execution remains detached and clinical. By isolating this image from its original narrative context, Lichtenstein forces the viewer to focus on the formal qualities of the work rather than the psychological state of the subject. The green frame surrounding the figure acts as a secondary border, reinforcing the idea of the image as a constructed object rather than a window into reality.
This piece is representative of the artist's broader practice during the 1960s, where he sought to bridge the gap between high art and low culture. By elevating a comic-book style illustration to the scale of a mural, he questioned the traditional hierarchies of the art world. The work remains a clear example of how Lichtenstein utilised industrial printing aesthetics to create a distinct visual vocabulary. The flat application of paint and the deliberate lack of painterly brushwork are central to his approach, ensuring the final image appears as if it were printed rather than painted by hand.
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Every Solis piece is made to order with archival, gallery-quality materials built to last.
- Museum-grade giclée printing for rich, fade-resistant colour
- Archival matte fine-art paper, FSC-certified
- Multiple sizes and framing options available
- Frames in black, natural wood, dark wood or white
- Framed prints arrive ready to hang
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- Dust gently with a soft, dry cloth
- Avoid prolonged direct sunlight
- Never use liquid cleaners on the print or canvas surface
- Keep in a dry, room-temperature space
- Handle prints with clean, dry hands
Materials & Sizing
Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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World's Fair Mural - Roy Lichtenstein
Regulärer Preis
Ab £37.00 GBP
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Ab £37.00 GBP
Regulärer Preis
Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Roy Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein painted a Mickey Mouse for his children and one of them said 'I bet you can't paint as good as that.' He took the challenge literally. By 1961 he was making paintings that looked like enlarged comic book panels: thick black outlines, flat primary colours, Ben-Day dots visible as if through a printer's magnifying glass. The art world had no idea what to make of them.
He was not young when this happened. He was thirty-eight, teaching art at Rutgers University, and had spent the previous decade painting Abstract Expressionist canvases that looked like everyone else's. The comic paintings were a deliberate rejection of the idea that art had to show the artist's inner emotional state. They showed Donald Duck instead.
Leo Castelli gave him his first show in 1962. Every painting sold before the exhibition opened. The speed was unusual. Warhol was doing similar things with soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles, but Lichtenstein's method was different: he hand-painted everything to look mechanically reproduced. The Ben-Day dots were applied through a stencil. The lines were drawn with a projector and then painted by hand. The process was laborious and precise, which was the joke: meticulous craftsmanship in the service of something that was supposed to look cheap.
He moved beyond comics into landscapes, brushstrokes (paintings of brushstrokes), Chinese landscapes, interiors, and nudes, all in the same flat, graphic style. The Brushstroke series, where he painted enormous images of painterly brushstrokes in the same deadpan comic-book technique, annoyed Abstract Expressionists specifically and delighted everyone else.
He was not young when this happened. He was thirty-eight, teaching art at Rutgers University, and had spent the previous decade painting Abstract Expressionist canvases that looked like everyone else's. The comic paintings were a deliberate rejection of the idea that art had to show the artist's inner emotional state. They showed Donald Duck instead.
Leo Castelli gave him his first show in 1962. Every painting sold before the exhibition opened. The speed was unusual. Warhol was doing similar things with soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles, but Lichtenstein's method was different: he hand-painted everything to look mechanically reproduced. The Ben-Day dots were applied through a stencil. The lines were drawn with a projector and then painted by hand. The process was laborious and precise, which was the joke: meticulous craftsmanship in the service of something that was supposed to look cheap.
He moved beyond comics into landscapes, brushstrokes (paintings of brushstrokes), Chinese landscapes, interiors, and nudes, all in the same flat, graphic style. The Brushstroke series, where he painted enormous images of painterly brushstrokes in the same deadpan comic-book technique, annoyed Abstract Expressionists specifically and delighted everyone else.
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The same fine art print in a solid wood frame with UV-protective acrylic glaze and rigid backing. Five frame colours. Arrives ready to hang.
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