Nude Reading
About this artwork
This print is from a group of paintings and prints of female nudes Lichtenstein created during the 1990s. It was the first time the artist had approached this major subject from the art of history as a series. Lichtenstein returned to sources he had used in the 1960s. The composition of the reading girl is taken from the November 1963 edition of ‘Girls’ Romances’. Lichtenstein translated the clothed female figure into a nude, recreating her as a nude. Commenting on the ‘Nudes’ series, Lichtenstein noted that, ‘it was a good excuse to contrast undulating and volumetric form with rigid geometry’.
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artist:Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) American
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title:Nude Reading
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date created:1994
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materials:Relief print on paper
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measurements:77.80 x 92.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Collection 2015
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accession number:AL00375
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gallery:
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
New York artist Lichtenstein began making paintings inspired by consumer culture as a reaction against the emotional involvement of Abstract Expressionism. He was inspired by comic-strip illustrations, which he enlarged. Although his works may look as if they are made by a machine, Lichtenstein...