The Melody Haunts My Reverie

The Melody Haunts My Reverie
Artist Roy Lichtenstein
Year 1965
Type Pop art
Dimensions 61 cm × 76 cm (24 in × 30 in)
Location Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

The Melody Haunts My Reverie is a 1965 screen printing by Roy Lichtenstein, referring to the 1927 song "Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael[1] (Lichtenstein loved jazz).[2] The painting is housed in Housatonic Museum of Art and another copy signed by Lichtenstein is kept in Neuberger Museum of Art.

The woman on the image, holding a microphone, was likened to modern character of Betty Draper from Mad Men.[2] The painting was described as being among those that "don't lower art to the level of the comic strip but raise the comic strip to the level of high art".[3] A version of The Melody Haunts My Reverie from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II was sold at Christie's for $17,250.[4]

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