''Girl with Hair Ribbon'' is a 1965
pop art painting, by
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) 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. Hi ...
. It was purchased by the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, for $6 million.
This artwork was created using
magna and
oil paint
Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varn ...
.
See also
*
1965 in art
Events from the year 1965 in art.
Events
* March 19 – A record price of 760,000 guineas is paid at Christie's London auction house for Rembrandt's painting ''Titus''.
* May – Avant-garde artists Marta Minujín and Rubén Santantonín presen ...
Notes
External links
Lichtenstein Foundation websiteMasterworks: American Painting of the 1950s and 60s, Girl With Hair Ribbon, 1965
directed by Reiner Moritz, 1938-, in Masterworks: American Painting of the 1950s and 60s (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 1988), 10 mins
{{20C-painting-stub
1965 paintings
Paintings by Roy Lichtenstein
Paintings in Japan