Page 36 - Studio International - January 1968

in 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm', revived on television concern is with style. It is a curious fact that these obses-
the other evening, displayed how apt is his appreciation sions, a Baroque love of decoration and a delight in
of style; I could have sworn I saw his Modern sculpture illusion, often go together. In any essentially mannerist
behind Shirley Temple. art it is in the extremity of the stance that the glory lies—
The wonderful things in his work are notions about the Lichtenstein is marvellously extreme. q
conflict of flatness and illusory space, but superficially the

Above, Whaaml 1963 acrylic on canvas, 68 x 160 in.
Courtesy of the Tate Gallery, London
Left, Roy Lichtenstein working on an exhibition poster
for Pasadena Art Museum, California
Facing page, Still-life 1963 acrylic on plexiglass
48 x 72 in. Coll: Mr and Mrs Leo Castelli, New York