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Roy Lichtenstein American, 1923-1997

Head with Braids, 1979

Oil and Magna on linen

50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)

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Provenance

The artist and his estate
Private collection until the present

This work is recorded in the online Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonné as RLCR 2831 (LC 847, RL 0864)

Exhibitions

1980 Eau Claire Foster

Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Roy Lichtenstein, January 22–February 14, 1980. Traveled to: Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Ore., March 5–April 27, 1980 (as Roy Lichtenstein: Recent Paintings and Sculptures).

1981 St. Louis Art Museum

Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Roy Lichtenstein 1970–1980, May 8–June 28, 1981 (not Fort Worth) (Cowart 1981b, n.p. facing p. 132 color ill.). Traveled to: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wash., July 16–September 6, 1981; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, N.Y., September 22–November 29, 1981; Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., December 16, 1981–February 7, 1982; Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, March 10–April 25, 1982 (with an additional exhibit on the Kunsthalle's lower floor showing Lichtenstein artworks from the Ludwig Collection) (Cowart 1982a, no. 125 n.p. facing p. 132 color ill.); Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy, May–August 1982 (Cowart 1982b, p. 105 color ill.); Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, September 21–December 19, 1982 (Cowart 1982b, p. 105 color ill.); Fundación Juan March, Madrid, January 14–March 20, 1983 (Cowart 1982b, p. 105 color ill.); Ohara Museum of Art, Chuo Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, April 26–May 22, 1983 (Cowart 1982b, p. 105 color ill.); Seibu Museum of Art, Seibu Takanawa, Tokyo, June 1–July 13, 1983 (Cowart 1983, n.p. facing p. 128 color ill.).

2005 Montclair Art Museum

Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters, October 16, 2005–January 8, 2006 (Stavitsky and T. Johnson 2005, no. 24 p. 70 color ill.). Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, N.Mex., February 3–April 23, 2006; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wash., May 13–September 4, 2006; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, N.Y., September 24–December 31, 2006; Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Ind., January 19–April 15, 2007.

Literature

LeBrun 1980

LeBrun, Margaret. "Major New York Artist Visits Campus." Spectator (Eau Claire, Wis.), February 7, 1980, p. 17 b/w ill. (with artist, installation view, 1980 Eau Claire Foster)

Alloway 1983b

Alloway, Lawrence. Roy Lichtenstein. New York: Abbeville Press, 1983, no. 95 p. 94 b/w ill.

Kodansha 1992

Kodansha Ltd. Contemporary Great Masters: Roy Lichtenstein. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd., 1992, no. 39 n.p. color ill.

Genocchio 2006

Genocchio, Benjamin. "(Native) American Beauty." New York Times, October 8, 2006, Long Island, p. 12 color ill.

Kalina 2006

Kalina, Richard. "Lichtenstein's Indian Territory." Art in America 94, no. 4 (April 2006), p. 145 color ill.

Kangas 2006

Kangas, Matthew. "Encounter Another Side of Lichtenstein." Seattle Times, June 2, 2006, p. E3 b/w ill.

Kirwin 2007

Kirwin, Liza, with Joan Lord. Artists in Their Studios: Images from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art. New York: Collins Design, 2007, n.p. facing p. 162 b/w ill. (with artist in studio)

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