Roy Lichtenstein American, 1923-1997 · 1966

Brushstroke with Spatter

Roy Lichtenstein American, 1923-1997

Brushstroke with Spatter

1966

Roy Lichtenstein's 'Brushstroke with Spatter' (1966) is one of his 'Brushstroke' paintings that parodies Abstract Expressionist gesture. A single gestural sweep, rendered in flat Ben-Day dots and a rigid cartoon contour, is flanked by splashes of paint — at once mocking and memorialising the heroic mark of de Kooning and Pollock. Oil and Magna on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago