Roy Lichtenstein sketches for "As I Opened Fire"
name: label: Creator
content: Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Pop art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Richard Brown Baker.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and sculptor, New York, N.Y. Studied at Ohio State University and at the Art Students League and under Reginald Marsh. Through his cartoon-like style and commentary, Lichtenstein came to represent a faction of his generation in his art and was one of the great proponents of the Pop Art movement of the 1960's
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1964]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lichroy
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3091 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Preliminary sketch for the painting "As I Opened Fire" [1964] and the comic strip on which it was based.