Comic Books, Newspaper and Advertisement Clippings, and Other Printed Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
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content: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation records and Roy Lichtenstein papers
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content: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation records and Roy Lichtenstein papers / Series 5: Source Material Files
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-2019
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lichfoun, Subseries 5.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This subseries is arranged by type. Comic books are arranged alphabetically, then chronologically. Comic book clippings directly follow their comic book of origin, when identified. Miscellaneous comic clippings are filed with the newspaper and advertisement clippings.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries includes comic books and comic book clippings, newspaper and magazine clippings, advertisements, packaging, catalogs, brochures, periodicals, and reproductions of book pages from Roy Lichtenstein's Southampton library. Many of these sources were collected and saved by Lichtenstein, however, the Estate and Foundation acquired duplicate and complete copies of some comics after Lichtenstein's death, including those found by studio assistant Rob McKeever. While much of the whole comics and comic book clippings are believed to be from the studio, in some cases it is not definitively known which comics and clippings were collected and added by the Estate and Foundation after the artist's death. The collection of comic books contains over 200 titles such as All American Men of War, Girls' Romances, Heart Throbs, Secret Hearts, and Young Romance, known to contain sources for numerous Lichtenstein works. A Little Golden Book: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Lost and Found, which contains the source for Look Mickey, is filed immediately following other Disney comics in box 6, folder 3. This is one known example of a source discovered after Lichtenstein's death that was included in the archive. Other clippings, advertisements, and printed material contain a variety of images including women, home and office interiors, food products, building exteriors, jewelry, flowers, furniture, office supplies, home appliances, and cleaning products. There is also a collection of clippings from vintage publications featuring many New Deal era public art works, as well as images of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Of particular note is the commercial supply catalog from Tyre Brothers, known to have informed Lichtenstein's mirrors series. Reproductions of book pages from Lichtenstein's library in Southampton are included as possible sources identified by the Foundation. The images here are not a complete representation of source books found in the artist's library. See series 9 for a complete inventory of Lichtenstein's library. Item level inventories for source material are supplied for each folder containing multiple items. A digital spreadsheet (ER00001) provides an additional level of detail and research about each item.