The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 8, 2024

The Heavier-than-Air Machine (The Flying Machine)

The Heavier-than-Air Machine (The Flying Machine)

1953
(American, 1923–1997)
published by

the artist

America, 20th century
woodcut
Platemark: 31.6 x 38.6 cm (12 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 37.5 x 45.4 cm (14 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
Gift of Henry Steinberg on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art 1986.127
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Catalogue raisonné: Corlett, 23
Location: not on view

Description

Like so many of Lichtenstein's early prints, The Heavier-than-Air-Machine is a whimsical comment on the artist's ongoing interest in such serious enterprises as science and engineering. This print is a playful conception of an early airplane, in which the motor, wings, and markings have been segmented into red, blue, and umber forms, but the tail assembly has been left intact.
  • Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1969. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (March 4-June 5, 2022); Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC (organizer) (August 25, 2022-January 8, 2023) https://nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions/roy-lichtenstein-history-in-the-making-1948-1960/.
    Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
  • {{cite web|title=The Heavier-than-Air Machine (The Flying Machine)|url=false|author=Roy Lichtenstein, the artist|year=1953|access-date=08 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.127