Roy Lichtenstein
Artwork Detail
Lichtenstein’s ‘Modern head’ series bridges the gap between high art and popular culture. The pseudo-cubist geometry of this image is a parody of the art moderne style of the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated the heroic potential of humankind and technology. However, it draws in the first instance on a group of constructivist heads by the Russian expressionist painter, Alexei Jawlensky, that Lichtenstein saw at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1968. (Andy and Friends, 1999)
- Title
- Modern Head, No. 5
- Artist/creator
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Production date
- 1970
- Medium
- collage print on paper
- Dimensions
- 505 x 290 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1975
- Accession no
- 1975/37/2
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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