Lot 243
  • 243

Roy Lichtenstein

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Temple (C. II.3)
  • sheet 602 by 449 mm; 23 3/4 by 17 5/8 in
Offset lithograph, 1964, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 183/300, on smooth wove paper, with full margins, in good condition apart from three clusters of pale foxing in the lower sheet, a fox mark in the upper left margin, two tiny nicks at left and right sheet edges, the hinges at top slightly pressing through

Condition

The print is in good condition as catalogued. The clusters of cloudy foxing appear in the lower image at left just below the temple stairs and at far right in the landscape just in front of the stairs. As with the fox mark in the upper left margin, all are visible recto and verso. The nicks at the extreme left and right sheet edges are less than 1 mm each. The hinges at top are pressing through with associated soft creases.
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