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ROY LICHTENSTEIN | REFLECTIONS SERIES 1990 The Reflections Series was completed at Tyler Graphics in 1989-90 and is one of the most visually and technically complicated printed series of Roy Lichtenstein’s career. The prints are based on a series of Reflections paintings, which were first started in 1988. In each work, the main image is partially obscured by blocks of colour or patterns, some printed and some collaged to the surface of the print. The obfuscation of the central image creates a feeling of distance between the artwork and the viewer, however the use of familiar motifs such as the Ben-Day dots and Lichtenstein-esque patterns in the reflections help to draw the viewer in to the image. As a true Pop Artist, Lichtenstein’s typical subject matter was gleaned from mass media and popular culture. However, in the Reflections Series, his subject matter refers back to motifs and imagery from his own earlier work: the blonde girl, the war comic, the Brushstroke, the gilt frames of his Entablatures Series, and Ben-Day dots to name a few. Through appropriating images from the entirety of his own career, he is subtly establishing that his own work had already become part of the collective mass of visual culture. Technically, the works employ many different yet complementary methods of printing: lithograph, screenprint, relief, collage, embossing and woodcut. The publisher and printer, Kenneth Tyler of Tyler Graphics Inc., has a long history of master printing, working with such art world luminaries as Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenberg, Ellsworth Kelley, Helen Frankenthaler, and David Hockney. Lichtenstein’s Reflections Series is a prime example of the master printing of Tyler Graphics at its height of operations. The Reflections series, in its complexity of printing and subject matter, is a prime example of the best of Lichtenstein’s printed work
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 REFLECTIONS ON CRASH 1990 From the Reflections Series Lithograph, screenprint, relief, and metalised PVC collage with embossing on mold-made Somerset paper Sheet: 59 1/8 x 75" (150.2 x 190.5 cm) Image: 53 1/16 x 69" (134.8 x 175.3 cm) Inscriptions: Numbered, signed (rf Lichtenstein), and dated ('90) in pencil lower right. Blind stamp, lower right: Tyler Graphics Ltd., chop). Workshop number on verso in pencil lower left. Edition: 68, plus 16AP, 1RTP, 1PPI, 1PPII, 1A, 1C Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York LITERATURE: PCN 21 (November-December 1990) 187 Corlett 239 (Page 220/1) NOTES: Collaboration: Kathy Cho (assistance, woodblock edition printing); Kevin Falco (lithography edition printing); John Fulton (assistance, woodblock preparation and proofing; assistance, lithography preparation and processing; metalised PVC and embossing preparation); Lee Funderburg (assistance, lithography edition printing); John Hutcheson (woodblock preparation and assistance, edition printing; lithography preparation, processing, and edition printing); Richard Karnatz (screen preparation, proofing, edition printing; metalised PVC preparation; embossing); Michael Mueller (assistance, woodblock cutting; assistance screen preparation, proofing, and edition printing; metalised PVC preparation; embossing); Paul Stillpass (woodblock preparation, proofing, and edition printing; assistance, lithography preparation and processing); Tom Strianese (woodblock edition printing); Eric Ting (assistance, lithography edition printing) Kenneth Tyler (woodblock preparation).The lithography was printed on a flatbed offset press.
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 REFLECTIONS ON CONVERSATION 1990 From the Reflections Series Lithograph, screenprint, woodcut, and metalised PVC collage with embossing on mold-made Somerset paper from the Reflections series. Sheet: 53 ¾ x 66 7/8 “(13.5 x 169.9) Image: 47 1/8 x 60 ¾ “ (119.7 x 154.3) Inscriptions: Numbered, signed (rf Lichtenstein), and dated (’90) in pencil, lower right. Blind stamp, lower right: (Tyler Graphics Ltd. chop). Workshop number on verso in pencil, lower left: (RL89-979). Edition: 68; plus 16 AP, 1 RTP, 1PP1, 1 PPII, 1 A, 1 C. Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York. Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York. LITERATURE: Corlett 240 (Page 222) NOTES: The lithography was printed on a flatbed offset press.
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 REFLECTIONS ON HAIR 1990 Lithograph, screenprint, woodcut, and metalized PVC collage with embossing on mold-made Somerset paper Sheet 56 1/8 x 45" (142.6 x 114.3 cm) Image 49 9/16 x 38 7/8" (125.9 x 98.8 cm) Numbered, signed (rf Lichtenstein), and dated ('90) in pencil lower right. Blind stamp, lower right: (Tyler Graphics Ltd. chop). Workshop number on verso in pencil, lower left. Edition: 68 plus 16 AP, 1 RTP, 1 PPI, 1 PPII, 1A, 1C Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York LITERATURE: Corlett 241 (Page 223)
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 REFLECTIONS ON BRUSHSTROKES 1990 From the Reflections Series Lithograph, screenprint, woodcut, and metalized PVC collage with embossing on mold-made Somerset paper Sheet 57 1/8 x 71" (145 x 180.3 cm) Image 50 9/16 x 64 15/16" (128.4 x 165 cm) Numbered, signed (rf Lichtenstein), and dated ('90) in pencil lower right. Blind stamp, lower right: (Tyler Graphics Ltd. chop). Workshop number on verso in pencil, lower left. Edition: 68 plus 16AP, 1RTP, 1PPI, 1PPII, 1A, 1C Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco New York Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco New York LITERATURE: Corlett 242 (Page 224) NOTES: The lithography was printed on a flatbed offset press.
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 REFLECTIONS ON THE SCREAM 1990 Lithograph, screenprint, woodcut, and metalized PVC collage with embossing on mold-made Somerset paper from the Reflections series. Sheet: 48 ¾ x 65 3/8 inches (123.8 x 166.1) Image: 42 3/8 x 59 ¼ (107.7 x 150.5) Inscriptions: Numbered, signed (rf Licihtenstein), and dated (’90) in pencil, lower right. Blind stamp, lower right: (Tyler Graphics Ltd. chop). Workshop number on verso i9n pencil, lower left (RL89 – 982) Edition: 68; plus 16 AP, 1 RTP, 1 PP1, 1 PPII 1A, 1C Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York LITERATURE: Corlett 243 (Page 225) NOTES: The lithography was printed on a flatbed offset press.
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997 REFLECTIONS ON MINERVA 1990 Lithograph, screenprint, relief, and metalized PVC collage with embossing on mold- made Somerset paper. From the Reflections series Sheet: 42 x 51 ¾” (106.7 x 131.4) Image: 35 7/16 x 45 11/16” (90 x 16) Inscriptions: Numbered, signed (rf Lichtenstein) and dated (’90 in pencil, lower right. Blind stamp, lower right: (Tyler Graphics Ltd chop). Workshop number on verso in pencil, lower left: (RL89 – 983) Edition: 68: plus 16 AP, 1 RTP, 1 PPI, 1 PPII, 1A, 1C. Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York. Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York. Collaboration: Kevin Falco (screen proofing and edition printing); John Fulton (woodblock proofing and edition printing; screen proofing and edition printing; metalized PVC preparation; embossing); Lee Funderburg (lithography preparation and edition printing); John Hutcheson (wood-block preparation, lithography preparation and proofing); Richard Karnatz (screen preparation, proofing and edition printing); Jim Lefkowitz (lithography proofing); Michael Mueller (woodblock preparation; screen proofing and edition printing); Paul Stillpass (woodblock preparation, proofing, and edition printing; lithography proofing and edition printing; metalized PVC preparation; embossing); Kenneth Tyler (wood-block preparation). LITERATURE: Corlett 244 (Page 226)
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