
Water Lilies--Blue Lily Pads, from Water Lilies series
In this work, Roy Lichtenstein reimagines Monet's iconic Water Lilies through his signature Pop Art lens, rendering floating lily pads in bold, graphic forms against a shimmering, swirled stainless steel surface. The screenprinted enamel in vivid blues creates a striking tension between the organic subject matter and the industrial metallic ground, while Lichtenstein's use of his characteristic Ben-Day dot-inspired aesthetic reduces the impressionistic source material to clean, flattened shapes. The artist's hand-painted and routered relief wood frame further integrates the work as a unified object, blurring the boundary between painting and sculptural construction.
- Medium
- Screenprinted enamel in colors on processed and swirled stainless steel with artist's painted and routered relief wood frame,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
October 28, 2013
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