Hall of Mirrors Roy Lichtenstein and the Face of Painting in the 1960s Graham Bader The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2010 Graham Bader All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. For information, please email
[email protected] .edu or write to Special Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. This book was set in Bembo by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia, and was printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data Bader, Graham. Hall of mirrors : Roy Lichtenstein and the face of painting in the 1960s / Graham Bader. p. cm. — (October books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-02647-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923–1997—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Mirrors in art. 3. Pop art— United States. I. Title. ND237.L627B33 2010 759.13—dc22 2009022527 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Index Note: Page numbers in boldface indicate illustrations. Abstract expressionism, xxix, 20, 22– 23, Artist’s Studio series, 184, 193– 194 30, 39, 114, 206n35 Artist’s Studio: “Look Mickey,” 1973, 60, 61, Abstract impressionism, 18–23, 25, 31, 184, 213n40 205n32 Ashton, Dore, 99, 101 Adams, Laurie Schneider, 181 Aspen Summer Festival, 1967, 162, 163 Adorno, Theodor W., xxxiii, 148, 194– 195 The Atom, no.