
Yellow Vase
Yellow Vase stands as a commanding work from Roy Lichtenstein's mature period, presenting a monumental still life composition rendered in the artist's signature vocabulary of bold outlines, primary colors, and Ben Day dots. Created in 1991 as part of the Interior Portfolio, this large-scale lithograph, woodcut, and screenprint combines Lichtenstein's Pop Art language with his ongoing investigation of domestic subjects and modernist spatial compression. The work's scale and technical complexity, achieved through the integration of three separate printing processes, demonstrates the artist's continued mastery of the medium well into his later years. The yellow vessel itself becomes a vehicle for Lichtenstein's characteristic formal concerns, translated into architectural monumentality through color blocking and the interplay of flat and dimensional space. This impression from the edition of 60 exemplifies the sustained sophistication of Lichtenstein's practice, wherein the humble subject of a vase is elevated to museum-wall grandeur through meticulous technical execution and conceptual rigor. The work reflects the artist's career-long dialogue with decorative and domestic traditions in modern art, positioning everyday objects as worthy subjects for serious artistic inquiry. Collectors drawn to Post-War American abstraction and Pop Art will recognize in Yellow Vase the hallmarks that secured Lichtenstein's position as a central figure in twentieth-century art history, combining commercial printing techniques with fine art sensibilities in a manner that continues to resonate across contemporary practice.
- Medium
- Roy Lichtenstein, Yellow Vase, 1991 Interior Portfolio, (Corlett 253), 1991, Signed, Original lithograph, woodcut, and screenprint on museum board, Edition 60, 55 11/16" x 84 1/2" Sheet Size, 55 11/16" x 78 9/16" Image Size
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- Gallery · Georgetown Frame Shoppe
For Sale — $125000
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