Lot 44
  • 44

Roy Lichtenstein

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Water Lilies - Blue Lily Pads
  • signed, dated '92 and numbered AP 6/6 on the reverse
  • color screenprinted enamel on processed and swirled stainless steel in artist's painted relief wood frame
  • Framed: 43 1/2 by 38 3/8 in. 110.5 by 97.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1992, this work is artist's proof number 6 from an edition of 23 plus 6 artist's proofs, published by Saff Tech Arts, Oxford, Maryland.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York (acquired circa 2005)

Literature

Mary L. Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997, New York, 1994, cat. no. 262, p. 240, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are a few very faint surface scuffs. Framed in the artist's frame. There are a few very minor areas of inpainting to the exterior frame near the edges, notable only under close inspection and raking light.
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