ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

As one of the last series before Lichtenstein's death in 1997, the Nudes Series introduced a different intermediary step that Lichtenstein possibly never envisioned: the use of the computer to generate patterns. In Nude with Yellow Pillow, the dots' application and function vary. No longer are they contained within the boundaries of a single subject but flow over several subjects at a time, serving as two-dimensional decorative overlay in addition to their suggestion of three-dimensional space and form. This series was the perfect setting for this experimentation as Lichtenstein noted in an interview the nude form is "a good excuse to contrast undulating and volumetric form with rigid geometry." (Robert Hurlburt, "Lichtenstein Returns to Comic-Book Style," Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), November 13, 1994)