Catalogue entry
RLCR 2789 (LC 841; RL 0858)
Mermaid
1978 (fabricated 1979)
Title Source
Castelli; RL Studio Card; RL Studio PhotographMedia
Painted steel and concreteConcrete foundation with pool for water and designated space for a palm tree.
Dimensions
252 x 288 x 132 in. (640.1 x 731.5 x 335.3 cm)Inscriptions
Neither signed nor datedArtwork © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
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Provenance
Research pending
Literature
Edwards, Ellen. "Lichtenstein's Mermaid." ARTnews 77, no. 6 (Summer 1978), pp. 176–178 not ill.
Dobbs, Lillian. "'Mermaid' Gives Miami Beach a Symbol." Miami News, September 7, 1979, Upbeat, sec. D, p. D1 color ill. (in situ).
Edwards, Ellen. "Lichtenstein Makes a 'Mermaid.'" Miami Herald, September 2, 1979, Lively Arts, sec. L, p. L1 color ill. (in situ).
Cowart, Jack. Roy Lichtenstein 1970–1980. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the St. Louis Art Museum, 1981. Exhibition catalogue (1981 St. Louis Art Museum), p. 160 b/w ill. (in situ), [not exhibited].
Cowart, Jack. Roy Lichtenstein 1970–1980. Translated from the English by Nicolas Hepp. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1982. Exhibition catalogue (1981 St. Louis Art Museum), no. 154 p. 160 b/w ill. (in situ), [not exhibited].
Cowart, Jack. Roy Lichtenstein 1970–1980. Translated from the English by Stefania Coppi. Florence: Electa, 1982. Exhibition catalogue (1981 St. Louis Art Museum), p. 78 b/w ill. (in situ), [not exhibited].
Cowart, Jack. Roy Lichtenstein 1970–1980. Tokyo: Seibu Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue (1981 St. Louis Art Museum), p. 156 b/w ill. (in situ), [not exhibited].
Alloway, Lawrence. Roy Lichtenstein. New York: Abbeville Press, 1983, no. 17 p. 23 b/w ill. (in situ).
Shinoda, Tazmi. "Roy Lichtenstein: On 'Mural with Blue Brushstroke'/ Lichtenstein's Mural: A Purgatory of ‘Merry-Go-Round.'" Mizue (Tokyo), no. 947 (Summer 1988), n.p. b/w il. (in situ).
Waldman, Diane. Roy Lichtenstein. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1993. Exhibition catalogue (1993 New York Guggenheim), no. 273 n.p. color ill. [not exhibited].
Cantor, Judy. "Still-life Preserver." New Times (Miami), September 22–28, 1994, p. 6 b/w ill. (detail).
Waldman, Diane. Roy Lichtenstein. Translated from the English by Bram Opstelten and Magda Moses. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1994. Exhibition catalogue (1993 New York Guggenheim), no. 273 n.p. color ill. [not exhibited].
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Lichtenstein: Sculpture and Drawings. Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1998 Mexico City Museo del Palacio), p. 132 b/w ill. (in situ), [not exhibited].
Vallese, Gloria. "Come si diventa un Lichtenstein." Arte (Milan), no. 362 (October 2003), p. 124 color ill.
Celant, Germano. Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor. Milan: Skira Editore for Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013. Exhibition catalogue (2013 Venice Vedova), fig 18 p. 26 color ill. (in situ), no. 99 n.p. facing p. 138 color ill. [not exhibited].
Celant, Germano. Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor. Milan: Skira Editore for Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013. Exhibition catalogue (2013 Venice Vedova), fig 18 p. 26 color ill. (in situ), no. 99 n.p. facing p. 138 color ill. [not exhibited].
Entry Updated November 9, 2023
Fabricated by Tallix Inc., Peekskill, New York. Pool fabricated by McGrath and Associates of Miami. It has been restored numerous times since fabrication.
Mermaid was the first public commission for both Lichtenstein and the City of Miami Beach. The project was funded by the City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The site, chosen and provided by the City of Miami Beach, changed names twice: originally called the Miami Beach Theater for Performing Arts, it was renamed Jackie Gleason Theater of Performing Arts and finally The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater.
Installed in March 1979 with an official dedication on September 7, 1979.