Roy Lichtenstein Mermaid (C.158) For Sale

  • Roy Lichtenstein Mermaid

    Roy Lichtenstein Mermaid

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    Catalogue Title  Mermaid
    Year 1978
    Size 25 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (63.9 x 66.3 cm)
    Medium Lithograph on Arches 88 paper
    Edition Edition of 60; plus 10 AP, 1 RTP, 1 PPII, 3 GEL, 1 C
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  • Roy Lichtenstein Mermaid

    Lichtenstein commented: ‘Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence. Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.’

     

    Roy Lichtenstein’s Mermaid, 1978 is a lithograph on Arches 88 paper print with avant-garde themes that correlate to his popular Surrealist series.  The print was created in conjunction with Lichtenstein’s identical 1979 sculpture project for the Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts. The monumental outdoor installation is, today, exhibited in close proximity to the ocean.
    Lichtenstein was enthralled by Picasso and his surrealism practices throughout his life, but it was during the 70’s, that the artist entered this seminal moment of his oeuvre which fully explored the themes of surrealism: as seen in Mermaid, surrealism delved into subconscious thoughts and realities, fusing a melange of strange imagery together, using disparate elements to create a powerful artwork.
    Lichtenstein commented: ‘Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence. Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.’
    Mermaid is a frame within a frame composition: the print depicts a reclining female figure, created in an undefined form, with a bright yellow ponytail, and mermaid fins instead of feet. The shape of her body hints at the forms of modernist sculptures yet this is recognisably Lichtenstein’s pop art approach: the body is filled in with bold red diagonal lines, the mermaid has bright blonde locks, the outlines of a palm tree and the ocean water below are delineated with graphic black lines. The sharply defined waves beneath her are filled with shapes that resemble sharks searching for easy prey, and the figurative diagonal lines are rays of sunshine emanating up towards clouds.
    In Mermaid, Lichtenstein appropriates many recognisable formal movements, including surrealism, cubism, futurist but distils them into his pop art context to reflect on the nature of original artworks versus printed reproductions. 
     
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