""Every artist has a sweet spot where they move away from what they were doing before in their student years to who they would become. These were made within that pinnacle period of time.""
""Lichtenstein controversially pilfered compositions from real comic artists, and Anxious Girl comes from Jay Scott Pike's cover for Girls' Romances #97 (1963), published by DC Comics.""
""Each 'Girl' painting features Lichtenstein's signature Benday dots-which in later works were hand painted by studio assistants later in his career, but were still being painted by the artist himself at the time Anxious Girl was made.""
Anxious Girl (1964), a significant painting from Roy Lichtenstein's 'Girl' series, will be auctioned at Christie's for up to $60 million. This piece is one of only ten comic-inspired female portraits created during Lichtenstein's peak period. Its reappearance from a private collection offers a rare chance for collectors, as works from this series are seldom available. Lichtenstein's technique involved using Benday dots, and Anxious Girl uniquely focuses on the protagonist's expression, derived from a comic cover by Jay Scott Pike.
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