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Roy Lichtenstein / Drowning Girl

Drowning Girl

1963 · Oil and acrylic on canvas

A tearful woman sinks beneath a comic-book wave rather than call her boyfriend for help, blown up from a romance comic in Lichtenstein's printed-dot style.

MuseumMMoMA
MovementPPop Art
LocationNew York, United States

Why it matters

A teary-eyed woman sinks into a turbulent sea, thinking: 'I Don't Care! I'd Rather Sink, Than Call Brad For Help!' Called a 'masterpiece of melodrama', it is one of the most representative works of Pop Art.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1963, based on a 1962 DC Comics panel.
  • The waves borrow from Hokusai's Great Wave.
  • MoMA acquired it in 1971.

Based on the Wikipedia article Drowning Girl (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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