Drowning Girl is a 1963 painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein, made in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas. It shows a tearful young woman among stylized waves, with a thought bubble in which she says she would rather sink than call Brad for help. Lichtenstein cropped and reworked a panel from a 1962 romance comic originally drawn by Tony Abruzzo, using flat colour and printed-style dots to imitate mechanical reproduction. The painting is counted among the most representative works of Pop art and among his most significant pieces. The Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired it in 1971.
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Drowning Girl is a 1963 American painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, based on original art by Tony Abruzzo.
Created By: Roy Lichtenstein, Lead
Drowning Girl is a 1963 American painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, based on original art by Tony Abruzzo.
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One of the most representative paintings of the pop art movement, Drowning Girl was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 1971.
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Drowning Girl is a 1963 American painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, based on original art by Tony Abruzzo.
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Drowning Girl is a 1963 American painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, based on original art by Tony Abruzzo.
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The work is derived from a 1962 DC Comics panel
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