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An exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures by Roy Lichtenstein and Henri Matisse that documents Lichtenstein’s use of imagery drawn from the painting and sculpture of Matisse.
Lichtenstein’s connection to Matisse exists on many levels: both artists were concerned with the use of color to define space; both created paintings and sculpture concurrently throughout their careers; and both made a practice of utilizing their own creations as source material to create a self-referential body of work.
This exhibition focuses on the Lichtenstein painting “Still Life with Sculpture,” 1974, and two works by Matisse that inspired it: the painting “Goldfish and Sculpture” (1912) from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the sculpture “Nu Couché I (Aurore)” (1907). The show provides a rare opportunity to view these two major pieces by Matisse together with the Lichtenstein works that refer to them. Also included in the exhibition will be Lichtenstein's "Goldfish Bowl II," (1978), a sculptural rendering of the goldfish in Matisse's still life, as well as several drawings and related works.
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