Five Brushstrokes (Lichtenstein series)

{{Short description|Sculpture series by Roy Lichtenstein}}

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Five Brushstrokes is a 1983–84 sculpture series from the Brushstrokes series by Roy Lichtenstein that was fabricated in 2012 and acquired by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2013. It was installed in front of the entrance of the main building of the museum.{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/giant-lichtenstein-sculpture-lands-at-indianapolis-museum-of-art-52031|title=Giant Lichtenstein Sculpture Lands at Indianapolis Museum of Art|access-date=March 19, 2019|date=July 1, 2014|work=artnet News|author=Cascone, Sarah}}{{cite web |title=Indianapolis Museum of Art acquires monumental work by Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein |url=http://artdaily.com/news/71153/Indianapolis-Museum-of-Art-acquires-monumental-work-by-Pop-artist-Roy-Lichtenstein#.XJGWNqBKiXI |access-date=March 20, 2019 |work=Art Daily}} The painted and fabricated aluminum and steel sculptural series is a gift of the Robert L. and Marjorie J. Mann Fund and partial gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://lichtensteinfoundation.org/public-sculpture/|title=Monumental Sculpture|access-date=March 20, 2019|publisher=Roy Lichtenstein Foundation}} The first showing of Element E of the series was displayed in the rotunda of the Tweed Courthouse in 2003 as part of a Lower Manhattan public art exhibit.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/arts/inside-art-raising-lichtenstein-in-manhattan.html|title=INSIDE ART; Raising Lichtenstein in Manhattan|access-date=March 20, 2019|date=November 14, 2003|work=The New York Times|author=Vogel, Carol}}{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/327-03/mayor-michael-bloomberg-the-public-art-fund-roy-lichtenstein-city-hall-|title=Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg And The Public Art Fund Announce "roy Lichtenstein At City Hall"|access-date=March 20, 2019|date=November 14, 2003|website=NYC.gov}}{{cite web|url=https://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/5636_roy_lichtenstein_at_city_hall|title=About the Exhibition|access-date=March 20, 2019|website=PublicArtFund.org}}