Modern Art I 1996 was published by Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles and is recorded in the second volume of the catalogue raisonné of the artist’s prints (Corlett and Fine 2002). It is part of a series of Modern Art prints that Lichtenstein made during 1996, the year before he died. Another example, Modern Art II 1996 (Tate AL00382 ), is also in Tate’s collection. In Modern Art I Lichtenstein explored the refracted style of cubism found in the work of modern masters such as Pablo Picasso. However, in Lichtenstein’s hands, with his use of Benday dots, blocks of colour and stark black outlines, the dislocated features are transformed into highly stylised imagery more common to slick cart...
