Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein and one of the best known works of Pop art. Two canvases sit side by side: on the left a fighter plane fires a rocket, and on the right a second plane bursts into flames beneath the lettered sound of the impact that gives the work its title. Lichtenstein built the image from comic book panels, chiefly one drawn by Irv Novick for a 1962 war comic, and reworked it with Magna acrylic and oil paint on canvas. It was shown at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in 1963, bought by the Tate Gallery in London in 1966 and has hung at Tate Modern since 2006.
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purchased by the Tate Gallery, London, in 1966
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Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein.
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the finished work is painted with Magna acrylic and oil paint on canvas
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purchased by the Tate Gallery, London, in 1966
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Lichtenstein adapted the image from several comic-book panels, with the primary source being a panel illustrated by Irv Novick from a 1962 war comic book.
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