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Crak! Now, Mes Petits...Pour La France

Poster
1963 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) grew up at the time when the comic book was a cultural phenomenon in the USA. He enlarged the existing Ben Dot technique, in which a screen of minute dots is used to make up the colour shading in a comic strip. In this way Lichtenstein endowed his work with the unexpectedly decorative quality of mechanical regularity. In this poster, he activates associations with political issues.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCrak! Now, Mes Petits...Pour La France (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
Poster by Roy Lichtenstein entitled 'Crak! Now, Mes Petits... Pour la France'. USA, 1963.
Physical description
Poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 535mm
  • Width: 718mm
Style
Credit line
Given by Steef Davidson
Subjects depicted
Summary
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) grew up at the time when the comic book was a cultural phenomenon in the USA. He enlarged the existing Ben Dot technique, in which a screen of minute dots is used to make up the colour shading in a comic strip. In this way Lichtenstein endowed his work with the unexpectedly decorative quality of mechanical regularity. In this poster, he activates associations with political issues.
Collection
Accession number
E.229-1985

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2003
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