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Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein Real Estate Hand-Signed Letterhead

Circa 1969

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Description

A signed sheet of Roy Lichtenstein Real Estate inscribed letterhead.

  • Hand-signed and inscribed “thanks” in blue ink by Roy Lichtenstein.
  • Offset printed letterhead stationery on woven paper.
  • This work is presented matted.


“Because if you write to enamel companies [with that on your letterhead] they will take you seriously.”

—Roy Lichtenstein, on his letterhead image, 1993


Born in New York, NY, Lichtenstein attended the Art Students League during his teenage years before enrolling at Ohio State University to study art. In 1943, Lichtenstein was drafted into the army, serving for three years before returning to school. In 1949, he received an MFA, and continued to teach and paint in Ohio for several years. His early 1950s works, painted in a European Modernist style, frequently depict uniquely “American” subjects, including scenes of western expansion and an adaptation of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s famous Washington Crossing the Delaware (1871).


In the 1960s, Lichtenstein moved to New Jersey to teach at Rutgers University, and began his iconic comic strip works, which marked a distinct break with his previous aesthetic. Lichtenstein was motivated to create works that no one would want to hang on the walls, later commenting, “The one thing everyone hated was commercial art; apparently they didn’t hate that enough, either.” A solo show of such works at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1962 garnered him critical acclaim and notoriety in the art world. His work continued to incorporate pop culture themes, displaying static images of figures, brushstrokes, landscapes, mirrors, reflections and other subject matter in an ironic style. His later works feature close examinations of illusionism and the representation of reality in art. A very prolific, celebrated and sought-after artist, Lichtenstein created many public sculptures during his lifetime, and his work has been the subject of many retrospectives around the world. He died in New York City in 1997 at 74 years old.

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Minor signs of age and handling.

Some surface markings.

Dimensions

Height: 9.8 inches / 24.89 cm
Width: 8 inches / 20.32 cm

Above dimensions refer to letterhead.


Matted Height: 19 inches / 48.26 cm

Matted Width: 15 inches / 38.1 cm

Feature(s)

Signed

Language

English

Subject

Art, Architecture, Design, Visual Art, Letters, Ephemera, Memorabilia, Autographed and Signed Material

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