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In the early 1960s, Lichtenstein produced several "fantasy drama" paintings of women in love affairs with domineering men causing women to be miserable, such as ''[[Drowning Girl]]'', ''Hopeless'' and ''In the Car''. These works served as prelude to 1964 paintings of innocent "girls next door" in a variety of tenuous emotional states.<ref>{{cite book|title= Roy Lichtenstein|author=Waldman, Diane|page=113|date=1993|publisher=[[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]]|isbn=0-89207-108-7}}</ref> Using only a single frame from its source, ''Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But...'''s graphics are quite indicative of frustration, but the text in the speech balloon augment the romantic context and the emotional discord.<ref>{{cite book|title=Roy Lichtenstein|publisher=[[Praeger Publishers]]|editor=Coplans, John|chapter=|date=1972|page=16|quote=...the inclusion of the encapsulated legend "Oh, Jeff, I love you too, but..." immediately throws the image into a romantic context of unrequited passion.}}</ref>

The painting was sold for $ 210,000 (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|210000|1980|r=0}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) on May 15, 1980 at [[Sotheby's]], New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/asi/lots/1032817|title=Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923 - 1997): Oh Jeff, I love you too, but ..|accessdate=2012-05-15|work=Blouin Art Sales Index}}</ref> At the time, the work was part of the Abrams family collection.<ref>{{cite news|title=Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture|date=May 1980|page=29|work=[[Art in America]]|volume=68|issue=5}}</ref>

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