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Grrrrrrrrrrr!!
Grrrrrrrrrrr!! is a 1965 oil and Magna on canvas painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Measuring , it was bequeathed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection from Lichtenstein's estate. It depicts a head-on representation of an angry dog growling with the onomatopoeic expression ""Grrrrrrrrrrr!!"". The work was derived from "Our Fighting Forces", which also served as the source for other military dog paintwork by Lichtenstein.
Background.
The Lichtenstein foundation notes that the inspiration for this painting
of humor in creating fine art out of what has customarily been considered 'low,' a playfulness that is equally evident in the onomatopoeic caption and bellicose expression of the dog in "Grrrrrrrrrrr!!""
Related works.
In 1962, Lichtenstein created "Arrrrrff!", an oil and graphite pencil on canvas painting depicting a dog from a subsequent issue of "Our Fighting Forces", the series that was the source of "Grrrrrrrrrrr!!" That source depicts the dog by the name of "Pooch