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Lichtenstein: Girls (Gagosian Gallery)

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The catalogue for an exhibition held at the Gagosian gallery in NYC in 2008, this wonderful book focuses on a major 1962-1964 series by Roy Lichtenstein, in which he concentrated exclusively on the feminine face. The book starts with an interview by Jeff Koons of the artist's widow, Dorothy, who gives a fascinating account of Lichtenstein's working method and ideas and is complemented with an artist's book by Richard Prince who thereby delivers his own reinterpretation of the Girls series.The illustrations are first-rate, often with magnified details, and the exhibition not only covers the paintings, but also the rarely-seen preparatory drawings and source materials, all of which are illustrated in the book. A must-have for any Lichtenstein fan.

If you like art books, you should buy this book. I work in the industry and was just shocked at the "cool"-ness of this book. There is a mini book inside! The reproductions of source information for the Lichtenstein girls is really fantastic and very interesting.

It makes Lichtenstein seem a much more interesting artist than you may think he is.