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Two-panel painting based on a comic book panel showing a fighter jet firing a missile that destroys an enemy plane in a red and yellow explosion.
Significance
Lichtenstein's monumentalization of disposable comic imagery challenged hierarchies of high and low culture. The deadpan treatment of violence mirrors its media saturation.
Medium
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Dimensions
172.7 cm × 406.4 cm
Location
Tate Modern, London, UK