Reflections on Crash

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (Oct. 27, 1923 - Sept. 29, 1997, USA) is one of the best selling Pop Artists of All-Time. The piece is 'Crash' from the "Reflections" series. The original 1990 image, "Reflections on Crash," [Catalogue raisonné: Corlett (1994) 239] depicts American Indian war pilot Johnny Cloud—the mystical super-hero of Irv Novick’s All-American men of war comic series—glancing back through an airplane cockpit following an explosion of enemy fire, and described by the word ‘CRASH.’ This 2013 edition of 'Reflections on Crash' is an offset lithograph and was the design used for the Lichtenstein exhibition held at the National Gallery of Australia. The museum retrospective featured the entire Reflections series and other works by Roy Lichtenstein. From the Limited Edition of 500, unsigned, measures 19 1/2" x 27 1/2".

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style.