Born in Manhattan in 1923, Roy Lichtenstein grew to prominence in the 1960s as one of the progenitors of the Pop art movement. Before creating his comic-strip inspired paintings, Lichtenstein studied fine artscomic-strip-inspired at the Art Students League in New York under American Realist artist Reginald Marsh, and later, after serving in World War II, he attended Ohio State where he studied art under the GI Bill. In the early 1960s, he initiated his Pop paintings, including Whaam! and Drowning Girl, both from 1963. These are characterized by painted Benday dots, which mimic commercial printing. Later in the 1960s and throughout his career, Lichtenstein experimented in a number of styles, including reproducing masterpieces by the likes of Picasso and Mondrian. In 1970, at the height of his success, the artist moved to Southampton on the east end of Long Island, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life, until his death in 1997 at the age of 73. Paintings by Lichtenstein are included in museum collections around the world with notable holdings at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, and Museum Ludwig, Cologne. For those collecting Lichtenstein, the market is strong. According to Sotheby’s Mei Moses, the average compound annual return for Roy Lichtenstein resold at auction between 2003 and 2017 was 9.1%. 80.3% of 71 such works increased in value.

Roy Lichtenstein

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Roy Lichtenstein 1923 - 1997 Despair signed and dated ’79 (on the reverse) acrylic, oil, and graphite on canvas 76.2 by 61 cm. 30 by 24 in. Executed in 1979.

despair

Roy Lichtenstein 1923 - 1997 Landscape with Grass signed and dated '96 (on the reverse) acrylic, oil, and graphite on canvas 280 by 97.5 cm. 110¼ by 38⅜ in. Executed in 1996.

landscape with grass

Roy Lichtenstein: Untitled (Landscape Yellow Sunset), 1964, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 14 1/4 by 14 1/4 in. 36.2 by 36.2 cm.

Untitled (Landscape Yellow Sunset)

Morton A. Mort, from: Expressionist Woodcut Series, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Roy+Lichtenstein&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roy Lichtenstein</a>, 1980.<ul><li>Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).</li><li>Woodcut in colors with embossing on Arches wove paper.</li><li>Hand signed, numbered and dated.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This original woodcut in colors with embossing is hand signed in pencil "R. Lichtenstein" at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘80’ [1980] next to the signature. It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower right margin. There were also 13 numbered artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition. The subject was printed by James Reid and Christine Fox at the studio of Gemini, G.E.L., Los Angeles, where it was also published. The paper bears the blindstamp of the publisher in the lower left margin and the inkstamp, verso. This work is often misidentified as a lone landscape within the portfolio of seven woodcuts, which are figurative in nature, however, Morton A. Mort is also a cleverly disguised portrait. Taking the form of a name, the title is a play on the Latin phrase ‘mort on amort’ meaning [death upon death], or ‘on the cusp of death’. With this in mind, the perceived alpine landscape transforms into the face of a reclining figure, with their mouth open ‘on the cusp of death’. This makes this composition special within the series as it truly embodies the German Expressionist interest in the human condition, the inevitability of death and the brevity of life. The Expressionists themselves were directly inspired by another longstanding artistic tradition ‘memento mori’ – used since Classical times as a reminder to enjoy life. Other impressions of this subject are held in the collections of LACMA, California (Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art), MoMA, New York (Museum of Modern Art, New York, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, The San Francisco Museum of Art, California and Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Morton A. Mort, from: Expressionist Woodcut Series

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