Roy Lichtenstein paper plate LE On the 1st store exc. 1969 original silkscreen

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This was supposed to be produced in 1000 packs of 10 in 1969 but most believe the run was never completed when On The 1st Inc went under. They are increasingly hard to find and usually sell for $6-700.00 in galleries The diameter is 10" and it frames easily in a standard 12 x 12 in shadow box. It is sold as photographed. We combine shipping. American Pop Master Roy F Lichtenstein was:(Born Oct. 27, 1923, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 29, 1997, New York City) American painter who was a founder and foremost practitioner of Pop art, a movement that countered the techniques and concepts of Abstract Expressionism with images and techniques taken from popular culture.As a teenager Lichtenstein studied briefly with the painter Reginald Marsh. After serving in the military during World War II, he attended Ohio State University, teaching there from 1946 to 1951 and receiving a masters degree in 1949. He also taught at New York State University College, Oswego (1957–60), and at Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1960–63).At the start of his artistic career, Lichtenstein painted themes from the American West in a variety of modern art styles; he dabbled in 1957 even in Abstract Expressionism, a style he later reacted against. His interest in the comic-strip cartoon as an art theme probably began with a painting read more