Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From Da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Warhol's Marilyn Monroe, the female figure has anchored Western art for centuries. In 1964, Roy Lichtenstein reimagined it.
In ‘Anxious Girl’, a comic-book heroine becomes something else entirely. Cropped close, built from line, colour and hand-painted Ben-Day dots, she is at once familiar and strangely elusive.
A single line across her brow shifts everything — turning an idealised blonde into a figure charged with emotion, caught between glamour and uncertainty. Drawn from a mass-produced image in a comic book about love and longing, Lichtenstein strips the narrative away and leaves only a heightened tension.
Never before seen in public, ‘Anxious Girl’ marks a pivotal moment in Lichtenstein’s exploration of image, emotion and the language of modern portraiture.
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📅 20th Century Evening Sale | New York | 18 May
From Da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Warhol's Marilyn Monroe, the female figure has anchored Western art for centuries. In 1964, Roy Lichtenstein reimagined it.
In ‘Anxious Girl’, a comic-book heroine becomes something else entirely. Cropped close, built from line, colour and hand-painted Ben-Day dots, she is at once familiar and strangely elusive.
A single line across her brow shifts everything — turning an idealised blonde into a figure charged with emotion, caught between glamour and uncertainty. Drawn from a mass-produced image in a comic book about love and longing, Lichtenstein strips the narrative away and leaves only a heightened tension.
Never before seen in public, ‘Anxious Girl’ marks a pivotal moment in Lichtenstein’s exploration of image, emotion and the language of modern portraiture.
🔗 Explore the story behind the drama: christies.com/lot/roy-lichtenstein-1923-1997--6585787?cid=EM_SM_O_YT_Inc_LDP____2021CNY0525_AnxiousGirlVideo______
📅 20th Century Evening Sale | New York | 18 May
