Water Lillies with Japanese Bridge
About this artwork
This is from a group of six works that form Lichtenstein’s Water Lilies series which pay homage to the water lily paintings of Impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840-1926). As well as the primary colours commonly associated with Lichtenstein’s early Pop Art works, this work introduces a wider tonal range, with greens, as well as orange, light yellow and light blue. The solid blocks of colour, created in sign painter’s enamel on the stainless steel, have a collage-like appearance. Monet’s vast canvases of ponds and water lilies were intended to envelope the viewer. The large scale of this work and its mirrored stainless steel surface, in which the viewer can see his or herself reflected, has a similar immersive quality.
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artist:Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) American
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title:Water Lillies with Japanese Bridge
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date created:1992
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materials:Screenprint on enamel on stainless steel
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measurements:211.50 x 147.30 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:AL00373
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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...