Catalogue entry
RLCR 4642.1-7 (RL 1960.1-7)
Singapore Brushstrokes and Landscape
1996 (fabricated 1996, installed 1997)
Title Source
RLFAlternate titles and sources: Singapore Brushstroke A–F (RL Studio Card); Six Brushstrokes and Landscape (RLF)
Media
Painted aluminumFor the brushstroke-shaped planting beds the artist chose the low-growing Ophiopogon Japonicus.
Dimensions
Element A: 360 x 39 3/8 x 9 in. (914.4 x 100 x 22.9 cm)
Element B: 480 x 79 x 115 in. (1219.2 x 200.7 x 292.1 cm)
Element C1: 164 1/2 x 155 3/4 x 8 in. (417.8 x 395.6 x 20.3 cm)
Element C2: 110 1/2 x 186 1/4 x 8 in. (280.7 x 473.1 x 20.3 cm)
Element D: 240 x 94 x 8 in. (609.6 x 238.8 x 20.3 cm)
Element E: 348 x 71 x 9 in. (883.9 x 180.3 x 22.9 cm)
Element F: 300 x 138 x 8 in. (762 x 350.5 x 20.3 cm)
Inscriptions
Each element signed on edge: rf LichtensteinRelated Works
Provenance
Pontiac Land Group (Marina Properties Private Limited) (by commission)
Literature
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), n.p. facing p. 200 b/w ill. (Element D; in situ), [not exhibited].
Bandlow, Karen. Roy Lichtenstein und Ostasien. Studien zur internationalen Architektur- und Kunstgeschichte 59. Petersberg, Germany: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2007, no. 106 p. 86 color ill. (in situ), no. 117 p. 97 color ill. (Element A, in situ), no. 118 p. 98 color ill. (Elements A, B, D, in situ), no. 119 p. 99 color ill. (Element B, in situ), no. 120 p. 100 color ill. (Element D, in situ), no. 121 p. 100 color ill. (Element C, in situ).
Entry Updated October 26, 2023
Location: Sculpture Plaza Millenia Walk, Singapore
Fabricator: Merrifield-Roberts, Inc., Bristol, R.I. (project supervisor: Paul Amaral)
Commissioned by the Pontiac Land Group, Singapore. Co-organized by Sarina Tang. Contract signed in November 1995. Inaugurated on May 20, 1998.