Roy Lichenstein
October 27, 1923 - September 29, 1997
Roy Lichenstein was an American pop artist that utilised the American comic book into fine art, his work was inspired by the advertising and classic comic book styles.
These magnificent pieces have strong bold lines and vibrant colours and perfectly straight edges as if a cut out from an actual comic book. These images are huge in comparison with the tiny comic books, reaching around 7-8 foot in height. generally taking a rather tongue in cheek look at the 'American dream'.
Looking at Comics becoming a part of 'high' art instead of a consumerist popular medium, the collect-ability of comics in the case of them as rare items, such as the original superman or spider man comics can reach up to a value of 30,000 to 3,500,00o.
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