1968 LICHTENSTEIN Silkscreen Poster MERTON of the MOVIES Guthrie Theatre RARE

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

1968 LICHTENSTEIN Silkscreen Poster MERTON of the MOVIES Guthrie Theatre RARE:
$279.99

\"Merton of The Movies\" by Roy Lichtenstein, 1968 Unsigned Foil Print. Paper size is 30 x 20 inches, with an image size of 25.5 x 20 inches. The Foil Print is from an edition size of 500 and is not framed. The condition is very good, but less than excellent. Sold AS IS. Additional details: Published by the List Art Posters and printed by Fine Creations Inc. Merton of the Movies was the first poster published by HKL, Ltd, an non-profit organization. Corlett 61. Color screen-print on silver foil.
See photos for condition.
You can find the poster published in the following books, Corlett, Mary L. The prints of Roy Lichtenstein 1948- 1997, New York, p. 93, No. 69 - Wichmann, Hans u. Hufnagl, Florian. Künstlerplakate Frankreich/USA Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert, Birkhäuser Verlag Berlin, 1991, page 248 - Künstlerplakate aus den USA, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, 1980, page 68, No. 130 - Döring, Jürgen, von der Osten, Claus. Lichtenstein Posters. Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2013, page 116, no. 23.Guaranteed vintage and authentic.
Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist best known for his boldly-colored parodies of comic strips and advertisements.SynopsisAmerican artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27, 1923, and grew up on Manhattan\'s Upper West Side. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein became a leading figure of the new Pop Art movement. Inspired by advertisements and comic strips, Lichtenstein\'s bright, graphic works parodied American popular culture and the art world itself. He died in New York City on September 29, 1997.Early YearsRoy Fox Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, in New York City, the son of Milton Lichtenstein, a successful real estate developer, and Beatrice Werner Lichtenstein. As a boy growing up on Manhattan\'s Upper West Side, Lichtenstein had a passion for both science and comic books. In his teens, he became interested in art. He took watercolor classes at Parsons School of Design in 1937, and he took classes at the Art Students League in 1940, studying with American realist painter Reginald Marsh.Following his graduation from the Franklin School for Boys in Manhattan in 1940, Lichtenstein attended The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. His college studies were interrupted in 1943, when he was drafted and sent to Europe for World War II.After his wartime service, Lichtenstein returned to Ohio State in 1946 to finish his undergraduate degree and master\'s degree—both in fine arts. He briefly taught at Ohio State before moving to Cleveland and working as a window-display designer for a department store, an industrial designer and a commercial-art instructor.Commercial Success and Pop ArtIn the late 1940s, Lichtenstein exhibited his art in galleries nationwide, including in Cleveland and New York City. In the 1950s, he often took his artistic subjects from mythology and from American history and folklore, and he painted those subjects in styles that paid homage to earlier art, from the 18th century through modernism.Lichtenstein began experimenting with different subjects and methods in the early 1960s, while he was teaching at Rutgers University. His newer work was both a commentary on American popular culture and a reaction to the recent success of Abstract Expressionist painting by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Instead of painting abstract, often subject-less canvases as Pollock and others had had done, Lichtenstein took his imagery directly from comic books and advertising. Rather than emphasize his painting process and his own inner, emotional life in his art, he mimicked his borrowed sources right down to an impersonal-looking stencil process that imitated the mechanical printing used for commercial art.Lichtenstein\'s best-known work from this period is \"Whaam!,\" which he painted in 1963, using a comic book panel from a 1962 issue of DC Comics\'All-American Men of Waras his inspiration. Other works of the 1960s featured cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and advertisements for food and household products. He created a large-scale mural of a laughing young woman (adapted from an image in a comic book) for the New York State Pavilion of the 1964 World\'s Fair in New York City.Lichtenstein became known for his deadpan humor and his slyly subversive way of building a signature body of work from mass-reproduced images. By the mid-1960s, he was nationally known and recognized as a leader in the Pop Art movement that also included Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg. His art became increasingly popular with both collectors and influential art dealers like Leo Castelli, who showed Lichtenstein\'s work at his gallery for 30 years. Like much Pop Art, it provoked debate over ideas of originality, consumerism and the fine line between fine art and entertainment.Later CareerBy the late 1960s, Lichtenstein had stopped using comic book sources. In the 1970s his focus turned to creating paintings that referred to the art of early 20th century masters like Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger and Salvador Dalí. In the 1980s and \'90s, he also painted representations of modern house interiors, brushstrokes and mirror reflections, all in his trademark, cartoon-like style. He also began working in sculpture.In the 1980s, Lichtenstein received several major large-scale commissions, including a 25-foot-high sculpture titled \"Brushstrokes in Flight\" for the Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio and a five-story-tall mural for the lobby of the Equitable Tower in New York.Lichtenstein was committed to his art until the end of his life, often spending at least 10 hours a day in his studio. His work was acquired by major museum collections around the world, and he received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Arts in 1995.Personal Life and DeathLichtenstein married twice. He and his first wife, Isabel, whom he married in 1949 and divorced in 1967, had two sons, David and Mitchell. He married Dorothy Herzka in 1968.Lichtenstein died of complications from pneumonia on September 29, 1997, at the New York University Medical Center in Manhattan.+++++We look forward to providing the best possible experience for you. We will offer a 100% money back guarantee to ensure your satisfaction. You may return the item(s) purchased for any reason. We will refund 100% of the final value (purchase) price, but cannot refund the s&h costs for obvious reasons. Buyer pays return postage.+++++
Check back with us often--we will be liquidating a large collection of historical and political collectibles, as well as many miscellaneous items of interest!The item you will receive is exactly the item that is photographed. Every item we sell is used and is listed as such. Therefore all items are sold AS IS. The photographs and/or scans provided are a part of the description of the item. Please look at them and determine the nuances of condition for yourself. Ask questions if you have them. Once you have placed a offer it is a contract (please refer to \'s written policies). We have a liberal return policy and will gladly accept returns for any reason pursuant to our stated return policy which is a part of this listing. Claiming any item is not \"as described\" is fraudulent. Look at the pictures.