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Summary:
Preliminary sketch for the painting "As I Opened Fire" [1964] and the comic strip on which it was based.
Citation:
Roy Lichtenstein sketches for "As I Opened Fire", [ca. 1964]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 3091 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
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
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated by Richard Brown Baker.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
