Roy Lichtenstein American Pop Art Graphite Signed – Lot# 53 – December 6, 2018
Lot # 53 – Roy Lichtenstein American Pop Art Graphite Signed – December 6, 2018
Pencil on paper. Featuring a portrait of a woman and entitled, ‘Study of Nurse.” Signed Roy Lichtenstein near the lower right corner. LEO CASTELLI 420 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10012. Inscribed ‘ROY LICHTENSTEIN,’ Study for ‘Nurse’ c. 1984 18 x 11 inches. Another gallery label ‘The JL HUDSON GALLERY’ inscribed “Roy Lichtenstein and entitled, ‘Nurse.’ 33 x 27.5 cm (13 x 10.8 inches).
Roy Lichtenstein Life and Impact
When American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein painted Look Mickey in 1961, it set the tone for his career. This primary-color portrait of the cartoon mouse introduced Lichtenstein’s detached and deadpan style at a time when introspective Abstract Expressionism reigned. Mining material from advertisements, comics, and the everyday, Lichtenstein brought what was then a great taboo – commercial art – into the gallery. He stressed the artificiality of his images by painting them as though they’d come from a commercial press, with the flat, single-color Ben-Day dots of the newspaper meticulously rendered by hand using paint and stencils. Later in his career, Lichtenstein extended his source material to art history, including the work of Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso, and experimented with three-dimensional works. Lichtenstein’s use of appropriated imagery has influenced artists such as Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Raymond Pettibon. PROVENANCE: Private American collection (New York, NY)
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Auction Overview
888 Auctions’ December 06 Auction Ushers in Holiday Season with Numismatic Coins, Fine Art & Chinese Antiques
Richmond Hill, ON – 391 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ December 06 auction featuring the finest in Numismatic Coins, Fine Art & Chinese Antiques. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display at 888 Auctions with considerable interest being focused upon the ancient Roman and Greek coins highlighted in the auction.
Visit the auction at 888 Auctions during the public viewing period: Monday, December 03 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, December 04, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday, December 05, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and just before the auction on Thursday, December 06 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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