Roy Lichtenstein’s "Seascape (1)" was created in 1964 and issued in 1965 as part of the "New York Ten" series, a seminal collection of prints by emerging avant-garde New York artists of the 1960s. "Seascape (1)" marked Lichtenstein’s first use of the translucent Rowlux vinyl sheet, which he employed to create unique optical and colour effects, solidifying his status as a prominent graphic artist of the time. Lichtenstein worked on his series of landscapes, moonscapes, and seascapes for over three decades, often incorporating artificial materials into mixed-media works to evoke "naturalistic" settings. The print, though seemingly simple with its three distinct areas—cloudy sky, jagged horizon, and blue sea—uses the horizontal direction of the dots in the sea against the vertical direction of the Rowlux’s hexagonal shapes in the sky to evoke a sense of movement. The raised impression of the opaque Rowlux gives a textured, tactile effect to the upper half of the image. Lichtenstein’s Benday dots evoke the vast depth of the sea, creating an almost dizzying effect through the repetition of blue dotted lines.