Roy Lichtenstein developed the Nudes series in 1993 to 1994, beginning with collage studies in his New York studio before producing the edition at Tyler Graphics. The series comprises six images with three states and represents his first sustained exploration of the nude subject, drawn from romance comic imagery rather than live models. Iconographic references to earlier bodies of work, including Mirrors, Interiors, Imperfects and Water Lilies, position the Roy Lichtenstein Nudes prints within the broader arc of his late career, while reinforcing their place in the Pop Art print canon.
Technically ambitious, the Nudes prints combine relief printing, photopolymer plates and offset processes, with computer-generated dot patterns introduced for the first time in his work. Unlike earlier series where dots were contained within outlines, here they flow across forms to create shifts in light, volume and spatial depth. This interplay between rigid geometry and undulating surface gives the Roy Lichtenstein Nudes series its distinctive visual tension, making signed examples from the edition particularly significant within the secondary market for late twentieth-century prints.
