As I Opened Fire
Artwork details
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Title
- As I Opened Fire
- Description
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This work was conceived in 1966 and published by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. This piece is from one of several editions of over 3,000 printed after 1966, published by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Roy Lichtenstein's As I Opened Fire unfolds across three comic-strip panels, moving from an aircraft in action to close-up views of blazing guns. Yellow caption bands and oversized sound effects punctuate the sequence, while heavy black outlines and sharply contrasting red, blue and yellow shapes heighten its visual impact. The repeated panels turn a moment of combat into a tightly organised Pop Art composition.
All works are supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Dovehouse Contemporary.
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- Colour Lithograph
- Edition
- unknown edition
- Signature
- Unsigned
- Sheet
- 63 × 52.5 cm cm
- Status
- Available
- Price
- Price on request
