General
General
Object Auto ID
57382
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_80245
Common Name
Crak!
Classified Name
Lithograph
Print
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Graphic pop art work, in the form of the cartoon style popular at the time with the Ben-Day dots, text balloon and  onomatopoeic gun sound sound shown (CRAK!) Depicts a woman in a beret, as possibly a French Resistance member during the Second World War. Inspired by a story written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Jack Abel in Star Spangled War Stories #102 (Apr./May 1962). Text translated is ' Now friends, for France!'

Provenance

Purchased from Waddington Graphics, London, 1990 by the Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust, donated to JAG by the Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Paper
Technique Types
Lithography
Colours
Red
Black
Yellow
White
Inscriptions
Bottom right (pencil) 'R? Roy? Lichtenstein 196u' (produced in 1964, so u is result of handwriting and the way their 4 is written)
Measurement Type Unit Value
Length
cm
70.30
Height
cm
48.90
History
Object Age
1964
Maker
Roy Lichtenstein
Production Place
USA (assumed)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
Media
JAG2441 Lichtenstein Crak CC.pdf (124.15 KB)
Lichtenstein Crak! AF.pdf (86.23 KB)
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