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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 works,<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 |access-date=June 5, 2013|publisher=Encyclopedia of Art}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBzPzzJwxwEC&q=%22Drowning+Girl%22+Lichtenstein&pg=PT153 |title=Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?: And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia!|access-date=June 6, 2013|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]| last =Cronin | first = Brian|date=May 29, 2012|isbn=9781101585443}}</ref> artist Vian Shamounki Borchert believes it is this piece, calling it his ''[[Mona Lisa]]''.<ref name="RLARatNGoAWD">{{cite web |urllast=Vian Shamounki |first=Borchert |date=December 11, 2012 |title=Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |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|access-date=June 5, 2013|date=December 11, 2012|work=[[Gaithersburg Patch]]| first =Borchert | last = Vian Shamounki}}</ref> Borchert notes that this painting captures "the magic" of its "anguished and yes {{sic}} 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|url=https://archive.org/details/arthistory00stok|url-access=registration|author=Stokstad, Marilyn|isbn=0-8109-1960-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/arthistory00stok/page/1129 1129]|chapter=Art in the United States And Europe since World War II|year=1995|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|access-date=May 14, 2012|publisher=Lichtenstein Foundation}}</ref>