Whaam! espresso cup and saucer

Liven up your mornings with this espresso coffee cup featuring Whaam!, 1963 by Roy Lichtenstein. Produced exclusively for Tate. Throughout the 1960s, Lichtenstein frequently drew on commercial art sources such as comic images or advertisements, attracted by the way highly emotional subject matter could be depicted using detached techniques. Transferring this to a painting context, Lichtenstein could present powerfully charged scenes in an impersonal manner, leaving the viewer to decipher meanings for themselves. Although he was careful to retain the character of his source, Lichtenstein also explored the formal qualities of commercial imagery and techniques. Dishwasher proof.