Modern Art Poster, 1967: Print by Roy Lichtenstein

  • Modern Art Poster, 1967, is a screenprint created by Roy Lichtenstien depicting a blonde woman with various motifs from his Castelli Gallery series
    Modern Art Poster, 1967
    Screenprint on smooth, ivory wove paper
    Sheet: 9 x 11 15/16 in. (22.9 x 30.3 cm), Edition of 300; plus unknown number of unsigned, unnumbered proofs
    ©The Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
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    Roy Lichtenstein’s Modern Art Poster, 1967, brings together a range of motifs drawn from his earlier Leo Castelli Gallery works, creating a condensed visual survey of his Pop vocabulary. The composition features a blonde female figure, a classical pillar, a stylised sunrise and a ship, unified through bold contour lines, red and blue Ben-Day dots and flat, colour-blocked forms. By assembling these recurring images within a single format, Lichtenstein transforms familiar elements from his 1960s practice into a cohesive and graphic statement.
     
    Produced as a screenprint on smooth ivory wove paper in an edition of 300, the work was published by the Leo Castelli Gallery and typically signed and numbered in pencil in the lower right. Unsigned and unnumbered impressions were also circulated, some trimmed and used as announcements for his 1967 exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: Painting and Sculpture at Castelli. 

  • "My purpose is entirely aesthetic, and relationships and unity are the things I’m really after."

     
    - Roy Lichtenstein
    Roy Lichtenstein used colour with deliberate restraint and precision, typically limiting his palette to primary tones such as red, yellow and blue alongside black and white. This simplified, high-contrast approach reinforced the mechanical clarity of his compositions and echoed the commercial printing processes of comic books and advertising. Rather than modelling form through subtle shading, Lichtenstein relied on flat, saturated colour and Ben-Day dots to create visual impact, turning colour itself into a structural element of the image rather than a purely expressive device.