Drowning Girl

E117400

Drowning Girl is a famous 1963 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that depicts a crying woman in a comic-book style, exemplifying his use of Ben-Day dots and melodramatic imagery.

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Drowning Girl canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pop art work ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
synthetic polymer paint on canvas ⓘ
basedOn DC Comics romance comic panel ⓘ
collection Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ
colorUsed black ⓘ
blue ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
copyrightStatus copyrighted ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Roy Lichtenstein ⓘ
depicts crying woman ⓘ
melodramatic scene ⓘ
woman in water ⓘ
depictsCharacterType romance comic heroine ⓘ
depictsEmotion despair ⓘ
sadness ⓘ
describedAs “I don’t care! I’d rather sink than call Brad for help!” painting ⓘ
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art, New York City ⓘ
genre comic-book style painting ⓘ
hasPart ocean waves ⓘ
speech balloon ⓘ
woman’s face in close-up ⓘ
hasStyle comic-strip aesthetic ⓘ
mass-reproduction look ⓘ
inception 1963 ⓘ
influencedBy mass media ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
inspiredBy Tony Abruzzo comic art ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
location Museum of Modern Art, New York City ⓘ
madeUsing Ben-Day dots ⓘ
mainSubject female emotional distress ⓘ
romantic melodrama ⓘ
movement Pop art ⓘ
notableFor appropriation of comic-book imagery ⓘ
iconic image of Pop art ⓘ
use of mechanical reproduction aesthetics ⓘ
notableWorkOf Roy Lichtenstein ⓘ
partOf Roy Lichtenstein’s early 1960s comic paintings ⓘ
usesTechnique Ben-Day dots ⓘ
bold black outlines ⓘ
limited color palette ⓘ

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Roy Lichtenstein → notableWork → Drowning Girl ⓘ
Roy Lichtenstein → notableWork → Drowning Girl ⓘ
subject linked to: Lichtenstein