Environmental Engineering Reference
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Plate 1.44
In the Car
, 1963 (magna on canvas), Roy Lichtenstein. The painting is based on the comic book
series
Girls' Romances
, number 78, published by Signal Publishing Corporation in 1961. It is part
of a series of 'fantasy drama' paintings of women in love affairs with domineering men causing
the women to be miserable. The original comic book text reads: 'I vowed to myself I would not
miss my appointment - that I would not go riding with him - yet before I knew it . . . '
Source
: Lichtenstein, Roy (1923-97)/Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Copyright Estate of Roy Lichenstein/DACS 2013
