• Cover of Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10, January 1968, London: Hansom Books. Offset lithograph, approx. 27.5 × 21 cm. Black ground with large modernist masthead 'art and artists JANUARY 1968 6s $1.50' in white. Cover image: Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Painting with Ionic Column, 1967 — Ben-Day dot pattern, yellow diagonal beam, classical column, red and black geometric forms. Rubbing and edge wear to covers visible.
  • Interior spread of Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10, January 1968, pp. 30–31. Feature 'George Segal' by Robert Pincus-Witten. Left page: full-bleed colour photograph of Segal's The Costume Party, 1965, plaster and mixed media, John Janis Gallery, New York — white plaster figures in red-lit environment with animal heads. Right page: two-column critical text with large bold footer 'George Segal by Robert Pincus-Witten'.
  • Interior spread of Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10, January 1968, pp. 16–17. Feature 'Clive Barker' by Christopher Finch. Left page: large black serif headline 'clive barker' with black-and-white photograph of Splash, 1967, chrome and nickel-plated metal, tap over bucket, Robert Fraser Gallery. Right page: two-column critical text with black-and-white photograph of Pellets, 1967, chrome and nickel-plated metal, Robert Fraser Gallery — two chrome buckets on stand.
  • Back cover of Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10, January 1968. Full-page black-and-white exhibition invitation for Phillip King, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, Janvier 68. Large photographic reproduction of King's geometric sculpture — triangular and elliptical steel forms casting strong diagonal shadow on pale ground. Bold sans-serif text at base: PHILLIP KING JANVIER 68 GALERIE YVON LAMBERT PARIS.
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN — Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10, January 1968

ROY LICHTENSTEIN — Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10, January 1968

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Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 10. London: Hansom Books, January 1968. Edited by Mario Amaya. Approx. 27.5 × 21 cm. Staple-bound periodical; offset-printed illustrated wrappers; colour cover; black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout.

The cover carries Roy Lichtenstein’s Modern Painting with Ionic Column, 1967: Ben-Day dots, a yellow diagonal beam, a classical column, red and black geometric forms on a black ground. The image belongs to Lichtenstein’s ‘Modern Paintings’ series, in which Pop becomes a machine for reprocessing Cubism, Art Deco, classical architecture, and museum painting. This issue appears at a precise moment: his 1967 Stedelijk Museum exhibition was travelling to Tate Gallery, London, from January to February 1968.

Contents include Ellen H. Johnson, “The Lichtenstein Paradox,” pp. 12–15; Clive Barker by Christopher Finch; George Segal by Robert Pincus-Witten. The back cover carries a full-page advertisement for Phillip King at Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, Janvier 68 — a large photographic reproduction of King’s geometric steel sculpture, triangular and elliptical forms casting a strong diagonal shadow.

The painting has already moved: canvas to magazine cover, exhibition to article, artist to editorial subject, image to commodity. Lichtenstein appears here not as a painting on a wall but as a reproduced surface inside a London publishing system — carried alongside Barker, Segal, Philip King, Yvon Lambert, criticism, advertising, and price. Pop painting, criticism, gallery advertising, and international circulation meet on one printed support.

The object records a transfer of visibility. It does not simply document Pop Art; it formats Pop Art for circulation. The rubbed black cover and softened edges are part of that record.

Condition: Good vintage condition. Rubbing and handling wear to covers, visible edge and corner wear, light creasing, spine wear, and age toning consistent with a handled 1960s art periodical. Interior presents well.

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