Grrrrrrrrrrr!!
Sign in to saveGrrrrrrrrrrr!! is a 1965 oil and Magna on canvas painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Measuring , it was bequeathed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection from Lichtenstein's estate. It depicts a head-on representation of an angry dog growling with the onomatopoeic expression "Grrrrrrrrrrr!!". The work was derived from Our Fighting Forces, which also served as the source for other military dog paintwork by Lichtenstein.
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- Instance of
- painting
- Country of origin
- United States
- Movement
- pop art
- Creator
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Collection
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Location
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Height
- 172.7
- Width
- 151.3
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- inception
- 1965-01-01
- inventory number
- 97.4565
- title
- Grrrrrrrrrrr!!
- catalog code
- RLCR 1079
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Grrrrrrrrrrr!! is a 1965 oil and Magna on canvas painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Measuring , it was bequeathed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection from Lichtenstein's estate. It depicts a head-on representation of an angry dog growling with the onomatopoeic expression "Grrrrrrrrrrr!!". The work was derived from Our Fighting Forces, which also served as the source for other military dog paintwork by Lichtenstein.
==Background== thumb|left|Grrrrrrrrrrr!! source for its narrative content is Our Fighting Forces Number 66 (February 1962).|alt=a comic frame with military men and a dog The Lichtenstein Foundation notes that the inspiration for this painting is a frame of Our Fighting Forces #66 (February 1962), which was published by National Periodical Publications (now DC Comics). In that frame only a portion of the dog's head is visible and the speech balloon says "Grrrrr!" In addition to the painting itself, Lichtenstein produced a small graphite on paper study.
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