© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

The Crying Girl

1963

Roy Lichtenstein

Color screenprint on lithograph

44.1 × 59.1 cm

Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA

The Crying Girl is a famous artwork by American artist Roy Lichtenstein and is one of the representative works of the Pop Art movement. Created in 1964, it provides viewers with a strong visual impact and emotional resonance through its vibrant patterns and icy expression. The girl's face in the artwork presents an exaggerated crying expression, with wide-open eyes and accurately depicted teardrops. Lichtenstein's depiction employs a style of cold humor, allowing the audience to independently observe a sense of sadness amidst laughter.

The Crying Girl is both a parody of emotional expression in popular culture and an exploration of female images and societal roles. Lichtenstein uses images from popular culture as a basis to reexamine the emotional pressures and vulnerability experienced by women in society at that time. Through artistic distortion and exaggeration, he presents a complex emotional core in the artwork, inviting contemplation and reflection on the human experience