
The River, from Landscapes Series
Created in 1996, Roy Lichtenstein's *The River* is a vibrant print that exemplifies his signature Pop Art style, combining lithograph, woodcut, and screenprint techniques to depict a stylized natural landscape. The work employs his iconic Ben-Day dots, bold outlines, and flat areas of saturated color to transform the organic forms of a river and its surroundings into a graphic, almost cartoon-like composition. Printed on Arches 88 paper with full margins, this piece is part of Lichtenstein's *Landscapes Series*, in which he playfully reimagines the conventions of traditional landscape art through a distinctly modern, commercial aesthetic.
- Medium
- Lithograph, woodcut and screenprint in colors, on Arches 88 paper, with full margins.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
October 17, 2018
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Andy Warhol
American · b. 1928

Warhol similarly employed screenprinting techniques with flat saturated colors and bold graphic outlines to transform everyday subjects into iconic Pop Art compositions. His nature and landscape series share the same vibrant palette and mechanically reproduced dot patterns seen in this Lichtenstein print.

Eduardo Paolozzi
British · b. 1924

Paolozzi produced bold Pop Art prints combining screenprint and lithograph techniques with flat areas of intense color and graphic patterning that closely mirror the visual language of this Lichtenstein landscape. His printmaking practice similarly elevated commercial reproduction aesthetics into fine art contexts.

James Rosenquist
American · b. 1933

Rosenquist created large scale prints and paintings with the same bold flat color fields, graphic stylization, and Pop Art sensibility found in this Lichtenstein river landscape. His works on paper frequently combined multiple printmaking techniques to achieve similarly vibrant and visually striking results.
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