Bellagio Hotel Mural: Still Life with Reclining Nude (Study)

1997

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

In 1996, Lichtenstein was commissioned to produce two companion pieces for the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. These large works were to replace two paintings by Willem de Kooning directly behind the reception desk in the casino lobby. Lichtenstein, who had worked on mural projects since the 1960s, died before he could translate this preparatory collage into a painting. The work unites hallmarks of Lichtenstein’s art, such as his fascination with mirrors; his use of Ben-Day dots for shading, inspired by comic books of the 1950s and 1960s; and his references to art history—in this case allusions to Constructivism (in the background) and to Matisse’s sculpture Reclining Nude (1906–7).

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Bellagio Hotel Mural: Still Life with Reclining Nude (Study)
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, New York 1923–1997 New York)
Date: 1997
Geography: Country of Origin USA
Medium: Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper on board
Dimensions: 40 1/8 × 60 1/4 in. (101.9 × 153 cm)
Classification: Collages
Credit Line: The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Collection
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art