Roy Lichtenstein1997

Sketches, studies and posthumously completed works from Lichtenstein’s final year, including mural and sculpture projects and prints.

In 1997 Lichtenstein was working on two murals, several large sculptures and a new print series, while widening his palette with mint green, turquoise, coral and cyan. He also began making images without his black outlines, echoing early digital aesthetics, and kept quoting his own motifs and artists such as Leonardo and Matisse.

He died that September, leaving projects unfinished; some were completed after his death and others survive only as sketches. The show gathers related materials, many from the Whitney’s collection, and accompanies Like New on the fifth floor.

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