Lot 27
  • 27

Roy Lichtenstein

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
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Description

  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Nude with Blue Hair (C. 286)
  • Signed and numbered 16/40
  • Color relief print 
  • image: 1302 by 801 mm 51 1/4 by 31 1/2 in
  • sheet: 1470 by 955 mm 57 7/8 by 37 5/8 in
Relief print in colors, 1994, signed in pencil, dated, numbered 16/40 (total edition includes 12 artist's proofs), from the Nudes series, on Rives BFK mould-made paper, with the blindstamp of the publisher, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. The verso in good condition with pencil inscription 'RL93-3014' in small font at lower right hand corner.
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Catalogue Note

“[The nude is] a good excuse to contrast undulating and volumetric form with rigid geometry.” (Roy Lichtenstein quoted in “Lichtenstein Returns To Comic-book Style,” Sun Sentinel, November 13, 1994, 4F)