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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 |accessdate=June 5, 2013|publisher=Encyclopedia of Art}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBzPzzJwxwEC&pg=PT153&dq=%22Drowning+Girl%22+Lichtenstein&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k8evUdL1FozV0gGJ1oD4Bw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg |title=Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?: And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia!|accessdate=June 6, 2013|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]| last =Cronin | first = Brian}}</ref> artist Vian Shamounki Borchert believes it is this piece, calling it 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=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 />

[[File:Roy Lichtenstein.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Lichtenstein in 1967]]

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|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=May 14, 2012|publisher=Lichtenstein Foundation}}</ref>

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==See also==

* [[1964 in art]]

==Notes==

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==External links==

* {{Citation | url = http://image-duplicator.com/main.php?work_id=0232&year=1964&decade=60# | publisher = Image duplicator | title = Lichtenstein Foundation | type = website}}.

{{Roy Lichtenstein}}