Lot 56
  • 56

Roy Lichtenstein

Estimate
5,400,000 - 6,500,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Modern Room (Study)
  • woodcut, lithography and printed and painted paper with collaged elements on board
  • 143 by 204.5 cm.; 56 1/4 by 80 1/2 in.
stamped, signed in English and numbered 4372 by the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein on the reverse, executed in 1990-6, this work is unique, framed

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe

Exhibited

London, England, Pavilion of Art & Design, Roy Lichtenstein/Interior Collages (organized by Mitchell-Innes & Nash), October 12-16, 2011,  exh. cat., illustrated in colour, unpaginated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are some creases and undulation scattered in places throughout the composition, which are original and inherent to the collage process. Some of these are visible in the catalogue illustration. A few faint spots, which appear to be glue residue, are noticeable upon close inspection on the lower left margin area.
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Catalogue Note

"Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself."

- Roy Lichtenstein