ID: 700008563 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008563	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Brushstroke (screen print; Lichtenstein, Roy (American, 1923-1997); by Chiron Press ; 1965)

Note: Lichtenstein depicted the gestural expressions of the painting brushstroke itself, as a comment on Abstract Expressionism.

Titles:

Brushstroke (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

screen print [300178688] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, stencil prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1965

Creator Display:

Lichtenstein, Roy (American, 1923-1997); by Chiron Press [preferred,VP]

artist Lichtenstein, Roy (American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1923-1997) [500013596]

printmaker Chiron Press (printing atelier, 1960s) [500372592]

Locations:

National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500115983] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1996.56.139

Credit Line: Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein

Display Materials: color screenprint on heavy, white wove paper

	screen printing [300053281]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing (process))

	wove paper [300014187]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

Dimensions: image: 56.4 x 72.4 cm (22 3/16 x 28 1/2 in.) sheet: 58.4 x 73.6 cm (23 x 29 in.); framed: 76.7 x 92.2 x 4.4 cm (30 3/16 x 36 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Pop (fine arts styles) [300022205] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

figurative art (preferred)

object components

Specific Subjects:

	brush stroke [300185434]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, visual works components, painting components) (AAT)

	satire (artistic device) [300055934]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, artistic devices) (AAT)

	Abstract Expressionism [300022099]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>) (AAT)

Copyright: © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Provenance: Gift to NGA, 1996. Exhibition History 1994 The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art; The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, 1994-1995, no. 25.

Inscriptions: lower right in graphite: rf Lichtenstein H.C. G

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Brushstroke	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)