Dorothy Lichtenstein has been active in the New York contemporary art scene since the early 1960s. After attending Beaver College she worked at the Paul Bianchini Gallery, organizing exhibitions and projects dealing with emerging Pop art, and with William Copley, editing and publishing portfolios of artists’ works for The Letter Edged in Black Press. She married Roy Lichtenstein in 1968. The French Ministry of Culture and Communication made her an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2001.