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

Current Owner/Responsible Custodian
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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