The Art of Roy Lichtenstein: Mural with Blue Brushstroke (Non-mint)

Softcover | 22.86 x 1.2 x 22.86 cm | 128 pp

Arcade | 1994 | 9781559702515

When Roy Lichtenstein painted his largest painting ever - a five-story-high mural in New York City - photographer Bob Adelman was there with his camera and tape recorder to document it every step of the way.

The Art of Roy Lichtenstein: Mural with Blue Brushstroke is the exuberant and unique record of a special collaboration between a great artist and a world-renowned photographer. In words and pictures, it shows and tells how Lichtenstein executed
his formidable work. As important as the superb photography is the vivid text, which paints a multifaceted portrait of the artist.

In his commentary, Lichtenstein illuminates how he thinks about his own and other artists' paintings. Rarely has the public been offered such a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at the genesis of a major work of art. A colourful, complex, and bold performance, the mural combines references to the giants of twentieth-century art - Braque, Léger, de Kooning, and Johns - with cartoon "blast" symbols, magazine advertisements, a piece of Swiss cheese, and other images and artefacts of contemporary life that have always fascinated the artist. Only Lichtenstein, the
supreme virtuoso of Pop, could have created such an extraordinary masterpiece.

The introduction by noted art critic Calvin Tomkins eloquently places this Lichtenstein masterwork in the context of his life's work.

PLEASE NOTE: This book is a NON-MINT item. NON-MINT books are new but are either ex-display copies or warehouse marked - minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffs, marks, or minor dents to the covers.