Masterpiece is a 1962 pop art painting.The source of this image was a comic book panel with the two subjects positioned similarly to their position here, but they were situated in an automobile. Masterpiece is regarded as a tongue in cheek joke that reflects upon Lichtenstein’s own career. In retrospect, the joke is considered “witty and yet eerily prescient” because it portended some of the future turmoil that the artist would endure.