Haystack Series

Lichtenstein’s series of prints based is on Claude Monet's series of Haystacks, twenty five canvases which he began near the end of the summer of 1890 and continued through the following spring. A landmark of early modern art it is famous for the way in which Monet repeated the same subject to show the differing light and atmosphere at different times of day, across the seasons and in many types of weather, drawing attention to the dynamic relationship between colour and light. Similarly, Lichtenstein’s Haystacks run from morning (yellow) to midnight (black) in a mechanical version of Monet's changing light effects.