The artwork titled “Sleeping Girl” was created by artist Roy Lichtenstein in 1964. This piece is part of the Pop Art movement and falls under the genre of portrait.
In the artwork, the viewer is presented with the close-up of a girl’s face adorned with bold, black outlines and filled with Lichtenstein’s characteristic use of Ben-Day dots, a printing technique that evokes the visual style of comic strips. Her eyes are closed, signifying sleep, and her face is depicted with a serene expression. The girl’s hair, rendered in vivid yellow with stark black accents, cascades around her face, adding a dynamic element to the composition. The simplistic yet striking interplay of colors and forms epitomizes the style and thematic content typical of Lichtenstein’s body of work.
