Description
Early photo of ‘Mural with Blue Brushstroke’ maquette by Roy Lichtenstein.
In 1984, Roy Lichtenstein was commissioned to create a large public work in the Equitable Tower and produced a maquette for the mural. ‘Mural with Blue Brushstroke’ was produced in 1986 and is located in the atrium of the Equitable Tower, 787 Seventh Avenue in New York. The mural was the subject of the book Roy Lichtenstein: Mural with Blue Brushstroke.
The mural is regarded as Lichtenstein’s first ‘imperfect’ painting due to the depiction of a carpenter’s triangle and French curve. It is an extreme sort of imperfection because the painting extends beyond the frame. The work is composed of “a cacophony of images” that serve as a “montage of his earlier subjects. The work is the embodiment of commercialism shrouded in the “aura of artistic fame”.
This is a large photo measuring over 5ft x 2ft from 1984.
