Lot 9
  • 9

Roy Lichtenstein

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Indian Calling Moose
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 24 1/4 in. 50.8 by 61.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1952.

Provenance

John Heller Gallery, Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art, 1953

Literature

Ernst A. Busche, Roy Lichtenstein: Das Frühwerk: 1942 - 1960, Berlin, 1988, cat. no. 81a, p. 306, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas has been lined. The surface has recently been cleaned. There is craquelure visible in many areas, but the pigment has been stabilized. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there are several scattered areas of inpainting evident. Framed.
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