Amerind Composition

1979

Roy Lichtenstein

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Roy Lichtenstein

Artist, American, 1923 - 1997

This painting displays geometric shapes and bold lines creating an abstract composition. A thick curved line resembling a letter "S" intertwines with other shapes on the left, including an eye-like shape and a pair of lips. The different shapes, including squares, triangles, and ovals, are colored in bright yellow and gray, or in patterns like stripes in red, blue, or black, as well as a section of red dots.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and Magna on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Albert and Shirley Small

  • Dimensions

    overall: 116.84 × 106.68 cm (46 × 42 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.170.1

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Leo Castelli Gallery, New York); Collection Marvin Ross Friedman, Coral Gables, FL, April 1979; Irma and Norman Braman, Miami, FL, 1992; (Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 2000, no. 73); Albert [1925-2021] and Shirley Small, Chevy Chase, MD; gift 2022 to NGA.

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