Accession Number
2010/2.38

Title
Haystack #1, from "Haystack Series R L 69-231"

Artist(s)
Roy Lichtenstein

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1969

Medium & Support
lithograph on Rives BFK

Dimensions
20 11/16 in x 30 1/2 in (52.5 cm x 77.5 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson

Subject matter
In the fall of 1968, Lichtenstein saw an exhibition, "Serial Imagery", at the Pasadena Art Museum, and, inspired by the works by Claude Monet included in the show, began making his series of Haystack and Rouen Cathedral lithographs. This print is one of that series printed in 1969 at Gemini G.E.L. in collaboration with master printer Kenneth Tyler. It shows Lichtenstein's technique of using Benday dots, a commercial graphic design process, to create his image.

Physical Description
This print has a white background with a pattern of bright yellow dots covering its surface. Yellow lines and shapes are formed in areas where the dots overlap or merge.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Additional Object Classification(s)
Print

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
dots
fields (ornament areas)
hay (material)
offset printing