Girl With Ball - Signed Poster

Lichtenstein's works are characterized by a simple and clean style with well-defined contours that recall the comic books' and publicity style. In this case, the image was taken directly from an advertisement of a hotel in Pennsylvania and it was simplified and redrawn in a cartoon style by the artist. The blue lines define the silhouette of a beautiful girl wearing a bathing suit with a big, red beach ball in her hands. An important element of the composition which call the attention of the eye is the colour yellow used by Lichtenstein to represent the sky. The contrast between the background and white of the sea waves augments the importance of the protagonist of the work. With this scene, that could be said to be almost a PinUp, the artist calls the irony typical of the Pop style, where everyday scenes are rethink and creates a work that is between the critic and the admiration for the consumer society. A sexy girl taken from an advertisement, in the Pop style, becomes almost a plastic doll, a typical image of the consumerism of the 60's (time when the work was finished).

This poster, which shows the work "Girl With Ball", was used as the image of an exhibition held in Brussels during the summer of 1995 and it was signed with pen, on the left-down corner, by Lichtenstein himself.

Who is Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born in an upper middle class Jewish-German family in New York City, United States on October 27, 1923. He grew up in New York City, then left NY to study at Ohio State University to get a degree in Studio Arts. However, his studies were interrupted because of World War II. After things settled down, he got his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1949.

Lichtenstein took a leave of absence from Douglass College where he worked as a teacher when he was getting a lot of recognition in the United States. 

Around that time, Lichtenstein's art was focused mostly on comics about strong and emotional love and war stories. He described it as;

“I was interested in anything I could use as a subject that was emotionally strong - usually love, war, or something that was highly charged and emotional subject matter to be opposite to the removed and deliberate painting techniques”

He died in New York, U.S. on September 29, 1997 at the age of 73.

Pop art: Roy Lichtenstein

Popular Art, aka Pop-Art, in the postmodern art world, emerged in the United states and United Kingdom in the 1950’s and it brought together items from popular and mass culture. This movement aims to emphasize the banal cultural elements, often with the use of irony, and without its original context. 

In Pop Art, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol played a big role, shaping the North American Pop Art movement. Which was towards a somewhat different direction than the British Pop Art movement. American Pop Art would take impersonal and mundane objects, present the abstract expressionism similar to dada movement. 

Roy Lichtenstein’s art, as he was using comic book strips and mass produced advertisements, takes elements from their purposeful context and creates a new, slightly different message in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

Famous Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art 

Well known examples of pop art by Roy Lichtenstein, as well as other famous contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol, include comic books, ads, and everyday mass produced objects. Roy Lichtenstein’s artworks, Drowning Girl and WHAAM! are considered his most popular artworks. In addition to these two works, Look Mickey are all regarded as the most influential works of Lichtenstein. 

Roy Lichtenstein’s work imitates mechanized reproduction with basing his art on American popular culture. He includes Ben-Day dots that we see in comic books and pop art.

Roy Lichtenstein - Drowning Girl

Roy Lichtenstein Drowning Girl (1963), (or Secret Hearts or I Don’t Care! I’d Rather Sink) is a painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas based on an art by Tony Abruzzo. The piece has Ben-Day dots that remind us of printed comic books.

On the piece, there is a female figure that is struggling in the sea, crying, but refusing to ask for help from “Brad” whom we read about on the thought bubble that reads “I Don’t Care! I’d Rather Sink - Than Call Brad For Help!”. Lichtenstein often used the name Brad, an absent figure, in his works.

WHAAM!

WHAAM! (1963) Roy Lichtenstein’s work is one of his most important, and the world’s most  known Pop art works, head to head with Drowning Girl. It is 172.7 x 406.4 cm (68 x 160 in) and it is magna acrylic and oil on canvas. 

The piece has a fighter jet attacking another plane by firing its rocket, exploding it with a big WHAAM! sound. The title of the work comes from this onomatopoeia - the words such as KAPOW! that describes sound effects on comic books.

Roy Lichtenstein was in the United States Army during World War II and almost joined pilot training before it got canceled. Therefore, he made some war themed artworks and WHAAM! was a part of a series that he worked on between 1962 and 1964.

Roy Lichtenstein Art: Price

Roy Lichtenstein artwork prices vary depending on the type of the work. Original Roy Lichtenstein pop art pieces are valued a lot in the contemporary art world.

His Masterpiece (1962) is his most expensive work ever sold. Roy Lichtenstein Masterpiece price was $165 million in January 2017!

In our gallery, you can find Roy Lichtenstein art with prices and descriptions. Discover Roy Lichtenstein artwork prices on Deodato Arte - Buy Now from iconic and famous Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art.

The artwork is delicate and requires a custom-made wooden box to protect it during transportation. Delivery to EU countries takes 5-15 business days.

For deliveries outside the EU there may be a clearance delay at customs. Contact galleria@deodato.com to receive an estimate of possible customs delays.

The shipping cost is calculated before payment. The cost of the box and packaging is included in the shipping cost.

For more information, please visit our Shipping Methods, Returns and Refunds.

We are happy that you decided to buy an artwork. We'll explain how to do it, but always remember that you can also buy via email (galleria@deodato.com), by phone (+39 02.80886294) or by physically coming to one of our galleries.

PRICE

If the price is visible in the product fiche you can click "ADD TO CART" and proceed autonomously choosing later how to pay and how you like shipping (or pick-up it in one of our store).

If the price is not visible, you must press the "SHOW PRICE" button, so you will receive an email with the price and a button, "DON'T LOOSE IT, BUY NOW": if the price is right for you click on this button and you will be sent back to the site to complete the purchase.

TAX

if you LIVE IN EU

If you live in Europe (CEE) the price we show you already includes taxes. The works are taxed either with VAT exposed (5%) or VAT with the margin, if you are a private person you do not change anything, if you are a company: in In the first case, you will recover the VAT, in the second, no. When you put the works in the cart you will be separated from the vat exposed.

If you DON'T LIVE IN EU and you want an EXTRA EU shipping

Many works (not all) have an exposed VAT of 5% included in the price, this vat will be spun off! Obviously you will pay the VAT to your destination country, if due. For example if you live in Switzerland you save 5% but you will have to pay 8.1% to your customs, if you live in Hong Kong you will save 5% and you will not have to pay anything to your customs (lucky you).

SHIPPING

Shipments are insured, check the product fiche for more information, or write to galleria@deodato.com. For works in stock the delivery time for Italy is three working days, before placing your order please contact us via email (galleria@deodato.com) or by phone (+39 02.80886294) to check availability. 

PAYMENT

If you complete the purchase on the site you can use a credit card, or you can make a bank transfer. Payment in cash is accepted up to 5,000 euros physically in one of our stores. Payments in BitCoin or cryptocurrencies are NOT accepted.