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'''''Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But...''''' (sometimes '''''Oh, Jeff''''') is a 1964 oil and [[magna (paint)|magna]] on canvas painting by [[Roy Lichtenstein]]. Like many of Lichtenstein's works its title comes from the [[speech balloon]] in the painting.

Although many sources, such as the ''Encyclopedia of Art'' describe ''[[Whaam!]]'' and ''[[Drowning Girl]]'' as Lichtenstein's most famous work,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/roy-lichtenstein.htm|title=Roy Lichtenstein: Biography of American Pop Artist, Comic-Strip-style Painter.|accessdate=2013-06-03|publisher=Encyclopedia of Art}}</ref> Accordingaccording to Vian Shamounki Borchert of the ''[[Gaithersburg Patch]]'', this is Lichtenstein's most famous work and his ''[[Mona Lisa]]''.<ref name=RLARatNGoAWD>{{cite web|url=http://gaithersburg.patch.com/blog_posts/roy-lichtenstein-a-retrospective-at-the-national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc|title=Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC|accessdate=2013-06-05|date=2012-12-11|work=[[Gaithersburg Patch]]|author=Borchert, Vian Shamounki}}</ref> Borchert notes that this painting captures the "the magic" of its "anguished and yes beautiful blue eyed, blond hair, full lips" female subject while presenting "sad eyes that seem to give in to what seems to be a doomed love affair"<ref name=RLARatNGoAWD/>

Measuring 121.9&nbsp;cm × 121.9&nbsp;cm (48 in × 48 in), ''Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But...'' is among the most famous of his early romance comic derivative works from the period when he was adapting cartoons and advertisements into his style via [[Ben-Day dots]]. The work is said to depict the classic romance-comic story line of temporary adversity.<ref>{{cite book|title=Art History|author=Stokstad, Marilyn|isbn=0-8109-1960-5|p=1129|chapter=Art in the United States And Europe since World War II|quote=''Oh, Jeff'', for example, compresses into a single frame the generic romance-comic story line, in which two people fall in love, face some sort of crisis, or "but," that temporarily threatens their relationship, and then live happily ever after.|publisher=[[Prentice Hall, Inc.]] and [[Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]]}}</ref> Lichtenstein's sketch for this was done in graphite and colored pencils on paper in a 4 3/4 x 4 3/4&nbsp;inches (12.1 x 12.1&nbsp;cm) scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://image-duplicator.com/sat/sat_study_details.php?study_id=30014|title=Drawing for Oh Jeff...I Love You Too...But|accessdate=2012-05-14|publisher=Lichtenstein Foundation}}</ref>