Live Ammo (Ha! Ha! Ha!)
Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
(American, 1923 - 1997)
Date1962
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 68 x 68 in. (172.7 x 172.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 68 1/2 x 68 1/2 in. (174 x 174 cm)
Overall, Frame: 68 1/2 x 68 1/2 in. (174 x 174 cm)
ClassificationsModern art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.676
Collections
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Not on viewLabel TextRoy Lichtenstein American, 1923–1997 Live Ammo (Ha! Ha! Ha!), 1962 Oil on canvas I am anti-experimental, and anti-contemplative, anti-nuance, anti-getting-away-from-the-tyranny-of-the-rectangle, anti-movement-and-light, anti-mystery, anti-paint-quality, anti-Zen, and anti all of those brilliant ideas of preceding movements which everyone understands so thoroughly. –Roy Lichtenstein A World War II fighter plane blasts upwards in the sky, the pilot cackling from the cockpit. The highly charged, emotional subject matter is at odds with Roy Lichtenstein’s impersonal techniques—the flat colors, strong graphics, and Ben-Day dots he borrows from comic books. The result is an “action painting,” but one entirely at odds with the raw, improvisational “action paintings” found in the previous gallery. In addition to the ironic commentary he makes about Abstract Expressionism, Lichtenstein subtly critiques the escalating violence seen during the United State’s involvement in Vietnam. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.676
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late 19th – early 20th c.
late 19th – early 20th c.
late 19th – early 20th c.
late 19th-early 20th c.