ROY LICHTENSTEIN USPS FOREVER STAMPS SHEET of 20

Plus 20 extra random bonus stamps!

With these eye-catching new stamps, the U.S. Postal Service honors Roy Lichtenstein

(1923–1997), the iconic American artist of the pop art movement. This genre, which arose

in the late 1950s and reached its height in the 1960s, looked to popular culture for its

aesthetic.

Each of the five stamps in the pane of 20 features one work of art by Lichtenstein: Standing

Explosion (Red) (porcelain enamel on steel, 1965); Modern Painting I (acrylic, oil, graphite

pencil on canvas, 1966); Still Life with Crystal Bowl (acrylic, oil, graphite pencil on canvas,

1972); Still Life with Goldfish (acrylic, oil, graphite pencil on canvas, 1972); and Portrait of a

Woman (acrylic, oil, graphite pencil on canvas, 1979). In the left third of the pane is a

photograph by Bob Adelman of Lichtenstein standing in front of one of his dot-pattern

paintings. His face is framed by a model of his 1983 sculpture Brushstrokes in Flight.

Lichtenstein stunned the art world in 1961 with his large paintings starring Mickey Mouse,

Popeye, and a range of consumer products, among other unlikely subjects. Some art

connoisseurs found them outrageous, but others saw great meaning in them. His career

quickly took off.

With their trademark heavy black outlining, intense colors, dot pattern simulating four-color

mechanical printing, and machine-made quality, Lichtenstein’s paintings are instantly

recognizable. His work is found in prestigious museums and galleries around the world.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps.

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