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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Roy Lichtenstein

Girl in Mirror

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May 15, 11:34 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000,000 - 7,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997


Girl in Mirror

signed, dated 1964 and numbered 5/8 (on the reverse)

porcelain enamel on steel

42 by 42 in.

106.7 by 106.7 cm.

Executed in 1964, this work is number 5 from an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York

Jack W. and Constance Glenn, Kansas (acquired from the above in 1964)

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York

The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis

Alexander Schonwald, St. Louis (acquired from the above in January 1973)

The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach

Private Collection, Boca Raton (acquired circa 1975) 

Sotheby's London, 26 June 2012, lot 48 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner 

Los Angeles, Ferus Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, November - December 1964 (edition 4/8)

Ridgefield, Larry Aldrich Museum and Lincoln, DeCordova, Selections from the John G. Powers Collection Presented by the Larry Aldrich Museum, September 1966 - January 1967, no. 54, p. 23 (text) (Ridgefield) (edition 6/8)

Manhattan, K-State Union Gallery, Kansas State University, Pop Art: from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Glenn, February - March 1967 (the present example)

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, Tate Gallery; Kunsthalle Bern; and Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Roy Lichtenstein, November 1967 - May 1968, no. 48, n.p., illustrated (Amsterdam), no. 48, p. 51 (text) (London), no. 43, n.p., illustrated (Bern), and no. 43, p. 88, illustrated (Hannover) (another edition)

New York, Finch College Museum of Art, The Dominant Woman, December 1968 - January 1969, n.p., illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Ten Years: The Friends of the Corcoran, October - November 1971, no. 50 (another edition)

St. Louis, Greenberg Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, January 1973 (the present example) (probably)

San Diego, Jack Glenn Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1973 (the present example) [CAT RAIS HAS "PROBABLY']

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, American Art in Belgium, May - August 1977, p. 80, illustrated and p. 165 (text) (another edition)

Norfolk, Chrysler Museum, American Figure Painting, 1950-1980, October - November 1980, p. 97, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Buenos Aires, Galería de Artemúltiple, Arte Norteamericano Contemporáneo, April - May 1981, p. 29, illustrated (another edition)

Fort Collins, Student Center Gallery and Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Roy Lichtenstein at Colorado State University, April 1982, no. 7, p. 13, illustrated (edition 6/8)

Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Autour de la B.D., January - March 1985, p. 1, illustrated, p. 126 (text) and illustrated in color (on the cover) (edition no. unknown)

Berlin, Elefanten Press Galerie, Unbekannte Wesen: Frauen in den 60er Jahren, March - May 1987, illustrated in color (on the cover) (edition no. unknown)

Tokyo, Stetagaya Art Museum; Osaka, National Museum of Art; and Fukuoka Art Museum, Beyond the Frame: American Art, 1960-1990, July - December 1991, no. 41, p. 104, illustrated in color

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; and Columbus, Ohio State University, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993 - January 1996 (traveled to Brussels only) (edition no. unknown)

Aspen Institute, Roy Lichtenstein Exhibit at the Aspen Institute, July - September 1997 (edition 6/8)

Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, The Pop '60s: Travessia transatlântica/Transatlantic Crossing, September - November 1997, no. 78, p. 113, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Rome, Chiostro del Bramante; Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea and Kunstmusuem Wolfsburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Riflessi/Reflections, December 1999 - January 2001, no. 45, pp. 29, 53 (text) and p. 103, illustrated in color (Rome), p. 63, illustrated in color, p. 116 (text) and illustrated in color (on the cover) (Wolfsburg) (another edition)

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Collects Lichtenstein, January - May 2000 (edition 4/8)

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Lichtenstein: Girls, May - June 2008, p. 63, illustrated in color and n.p. (text) (edition 6/8)

Vancouver Art Gallery, KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art, May - September 2008, no. 141, p. 230, illustrated in color and p. 267 (text) (another edition)

Tokyo, National Art Center, American Pop Art from the John and Kimiko Powers Collection, August - October 2013, no. 168, p. 153, illustrated in color (edition 6/8)

Robert C. Atherton, ed., "'Girl in Mirror' painted by Roy Lichtenstein," Cosmopolitan Magazine, Vol. 158, No. 5, May 1965, p. 117, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Maurizio Fagiolo dell-Arco, "La Ragione Pura-Practica di Lichtenstein," Collage, No. 6, 1965, no. 2, n.p., illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Ruggero Orlando, "Il pennello nell'occhio: A che punto è la Pop Art un anno dopo le polemiche della Biennale," L'Europeo, Vol. 21, No. 51, 19 December 1965, p. 45, illustrated in color (with the artist in his studio) (edition no. unknown)

Bruno Alfieri, "La condizione dell'arte: ‘Pop' uguale ‘non popolare'/The Arts' Condition: ‘Pop' Means ‘Not Popular,'" Metro, No. 9, April 1965, p. 5, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

David Antin, 'Pop': Ein paar klärende Bemerkungen," Das Kunstwerk, Vol. 19, Nos. 10–12, April - June 1966, p. 100, illustrated (installed in New York, Leo Castelli) (edition no. unknown)

Alberto Boatto and Giordano Falzoni, eds., Fantazaria, No. 2, July - August 1966, illustrated in color (on the cover) (another edition)

Ellen H. Johnson, "The Image Duplicators: Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, and Warhol," Canadian Art, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, January 1966, p. 12, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

John Russell, "Zoom in on the Classics," Sunday Times, London, 14 January 1968, p. 50, illustrated (detail) (edition no. unknown)

Lawrence Alloway, "Roy Lichtenstein," Studio International, Vol. 175, No. 896, January 1968, p. 27, illustrated (another edition)

Jean Lipman, ed., The Collector in America, New York 1970, p. 226 (text), p. 227, illustrated in color (installed in Kansas City, Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Glenn, 1970) and p. 231 (text) (the present example)

Jürgen Weber, Pop Art: Happenings und Neue Realisten, Munich 1970, no. 68, p. 57, illustrated and p. 65 (text) (edition no. unknown)

Yoshiaki Tono, ed., Art Now: The Pop Image of Man, Vol. 4, Tokyo 1971, p. 23, illustrated in color (edition 6/8)

Diane Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, New York 1971, no. 114, p. 151, illustrated in color and p. 246 (text) (edition no. unknown)

Christopher Finch, "Breaking Through the Print Barrier," ARTnews, Vol. 70, No. 9, January 1972, p. 39 color ill. (edition no. unknown)

Jean-Pierre Keller, Pop art et évidence du quotidien, Lausanne 1979, p. 94, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Jack Cowart, "Decisive Appearances: The Paintings," in: Exh. Cat., St. Louis Art Museum (and traveling), Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, 1981-83, p. 16, illustrated and p. 21 (text) (edition no. unknown)

Exh. Cat., Zurich, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Leo Castelli: Gentle Snapshots, 1982, p. 58, illustrated (with Leo Castelli and Walter Hopps at Castelli Gallery, 1965) (edition no. unknown)

Ann Hindry, ed., Artstudio, No. 20, Spring 1991, p. 160, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Kodansha Ltd., Contemporary Great Masters: Roy Lichtenstein, Tokyo 1992, No. 5, p. 9, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Tony Hendra, Brad '61: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, New York 1993, p. 29, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Mary Lee Cortlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1994, p. 33 (text)

Charles Simonyi and Michael Lobel, Digital Premonition: The Charles Simonyi Collection, United States 2001, p. 56, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Michael Lobel, Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, New Haven 2002, figs. 83 and 84, pp. 132-33, 136, 139 (text) and p. 135, illustrated in color

Roberta Smith, "The Painter Who Adored Women," The New York Times, 11 June 2008, illustrated in color (online)

Susan Goldman Rubin, ed., Whaam! The Art and Life of Roy Lichtenstein, New York 2008, p. 37, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Roy Lichtenstein: Reflected, 2010, p. 52, illustrated in color and p. 53 (text) (edition no. unknown)

Philippe Daverio, Roy Lichtenstein, Milan 2011, p. 33, illustrated in color and illustrated in color (on the cover) (edition no. unknown)

Exh. Cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (and traveling), Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, 2012-13, p. 97 (text)

Claude Pommereau, ed., Roy Lichtenstein au Centre Pompidou, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2013, pp. 18-19, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 1008, illustrated in color (online)