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LICHTENSTEIN, ROY

* 27.10.1923 Manhattan, † 29.09.1997 New York

Roy Lichtenstein was born in Manhattan on 27 October 1923 to a Jewish family. The private school he initially attended did not offer art lessons, so he painted in his free time. In 1939 he attended courses at the Art Students League. Influenced by his teacher Reginald Marsh, he devoted himself to street scenes and models. In 1940 he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts at Ohio State University in New York, where he painted in the Expressionist style. Under pressure from his parents, he earned a teaching diploma. Between 1943 and 1945 Lichtenstein did his military service in Europe. After a short stay in Paris, he returned to the States and graduated in 1946. In addition to his teaching, he began a master's degree programme. After graduating and after losing his position as a lecturer, Lichtenstein moved with his first wife to Cleveland in 1951, where he worked as a technical draughtsman. His first solo exhibition was held at Thirty Gallery in 1959/60. In 1957 he was appointed assistant professor at New State University, Oswego.

In the mid-1950s he consciously sought out his own style, which until then had still been strongly influenced by Abstract Expressionism. His breakthrough came with the acquaintance of Allan Kaprow, who in turn introduced him to Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, John Cage and others. Everyday objects found their way into Roy Lichtenstein's work as motifs and then, after some experimentation, the comic strip and the speech bubble associated with it. Another stylistic device is the close-up. His artistic breakthrough came in 1961 with the painting ‘Look Mickey’; in the same year he presented his works to the renowned gallery owner Leo Castelli, who immediately accepted him into his gallery. Success was not long in coming, and by 1962 Lichtenstein was already able to make a living from his art. In addition to the comic strip, technical innovations such as the washing machine also become motifs, as he wanted to combine art and commerce and oppose the ‘aloofness’ of art... ‘Pop Art looks out into the world, it seems to accept its surroundings, which are not good or bad, but different – a different mental attitude.’ In the mid-1960s, abstractions began to appear more frequently, and in the 1970s, on the one hand he explored optical illusions, and on the other he played with icons of art history such as Claude Monet. Expressionism and Cubism then reappear in the motifs of the 1980s.

Roy Lichtenstein's works are unmistakable not only because of his motifs, but also because of his use of Ben-Day dots. He replaced areas of colour with uniform dots of colour. His colour palette is characterised by clear, strong and, at the same time, reduced colours. He experimented with paintings, collages, prints, sculptures and ceramics.

Roy Lichtenstein died in New York in 1997. His widow created the Lichtenstein Foundation, which included around 800 works, writings and his archive. Since 2018, the Foundation has been in the process of winding down; about half of the works are to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the archive to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington.

Lichtenstein participated in the documenta in Kassel in 1968 and 1977. In 1995 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize, and in 1996 he became an honorary professor at George Washington University, in Washington D.C. Together with Andy Warhol, he is one of the defining figures of Pop Art.

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ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Lot 3660* - A211 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 28 November 2024, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
Venetian School I. 1996.
Colour lithograph and serigraph. 17/50. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein 96. On the reverse with the workshop number: RL 95-5219. Image 100.8 × 63 cm on wove paper by Lanaquarelle watercolor 120 × 80.7 cm. Published and printed by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with the copyright and publisher's blind stamp as well as with the stamp on the reverse).

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Lot 3661* - A211 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 28 November 2024, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
Red Lamp. 1992.
Colour lithograph. 119/250. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein 92. On the reverse with the workshop number: RL92-3032. Image 40.4 × 46.9 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives 54.7 × 60.8 cm. Published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York and the artist. Printed by Tyler Graphics Ltd., New York (with the blind stamp). Charity project "Art Takes Care Benefit" for Village Nursing Home, New York.

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Lot 3663* - A211 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 28 November 2024, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
Still Life with Lobster. 1974.
Colour lithograph and serigraph. A/P 12/14, artist proof outside th eedition of 100. Signed ans dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein 74. Image 81.5 × 79 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives 98 × 95 cm. Published by Multiples, Inc. and Castelli Graphics (with the copyright and publisher stamp on the reverse). Printed by Styria Studio, New York (with the blind stamp). From the series "Six Still Lifes".

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Lot 3665 - A211 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 28 November 2024, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
Moonscape. 1965.
Serigraph in colours. 167/200. Signed in pencil on the reverse lower right: rf Lichtenstein 65. Sheet size 50.6 × 60.7 cm on blue Rowlux. Published by Original Editions, New York. Printed by Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, New York. From the portfolio "11 Pop Artists", volume I.

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Lot 3604 - Z30 Prints & Multiples - Friday 24 June 2011, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Nude with blue hair. 1994.
Colour relief print. AP 9/12, outside edition of 40.
Signed lower right and dated: rf Lichtenstein 94.
147 x 95.5 cm on BFK Rives 130.4 x 80.5 cm. Pub and printed by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco (with blind stamp). Verso workshop number: RL93-3/04. Framed. From the series: Nudes.

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Lot 3731 - A183 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 09 December 2017, 10.30 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Thinking Nude, State I. 1994.
Colour relief print. AP 5/6, artist's proof outside the edition of 10. Signed and dated lower right: rf Lichenstein '94, as well as described: State I. On the reverse with the workshop-number: RL94-3105-A. Image 89.9 x 142 cm on Vélin by Rives 107 x 157 cm. Published and printed by Tyler Graphics, Mount Kisco, New York (with the blindstamp). From the 6-part serie "Nudes".

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Lot 3735 - Z37 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 06 December 2014, 01.30 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Two nudes. 1994.
Colour relief print. 36/40.
Signed and dated at the bottom right: rf Lichtenstein '94.
Image 105.8 x 89.1 cm on BFK Rives wove paper 122.1 x 104.7 cm. Published and printed by Tyler Graphics, Mount Kisco, New York (with blind stamp). From the series "Nudes".

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Lot 3695 - Z35 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 07 December 2013, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Two nudes. 1994.
Farbiger Reliefdruck.31/40. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: rf Lichtenstein '94. Darstellung 105,8 x 89,1 cm auf Vélin von BFK Rives 122,1 x 104,7 cm. Erschienen und gedruckt bei Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York (mit dem Blindstempel). Aus der Serie "Nudes".

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Lot 3438* - A197 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 01 July 2021, 05.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Untitled. 1979.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dedicated, as well as with location and date on the reverse: for Nana & Novarro with love. Southhampton 1979. Roy L.
31.5 × 42.5 cm.

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Lot 3688 - A197 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 01 July 2021, 01.30 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
I love Liberty. 1982.
Colour screenprint. 196/250. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein © 82. Image 82.1 × 53.5 cm on wove paper by Arches 97.3 × 68.7 cm. Published by the artist and People for the American Way, Washington. Printed by La Paloma, Los Angeles.

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Lot 3692* - A197 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 01 July 2021, 01.30 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Les Nymphéas. 1993.
Colour woodcut, -linocut, -screenprint and -lithograph. 66/100. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein 93. Image 66.5 × 90.5 cm on wove paper by Arches 78.5 × 102.5 cm. Published by the artist and Edition de la Tempête, Paris. Printed by Trestle Editions, New York. Published to support Médecines du Monde.

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Lot 3765* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Les Nymphéas. 1993.
Colour woodcut, -linocut, -screenprint and -lithograph. 70/100. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein 93. Image 66.5 × 91 cm on wove paper by Arches 79 × 102.5 cm. Published by Editions de la Tempête, Paris and the artist. Printed by Trestle Editions, New York. Published to support Médecins du Monde.

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Lot 3658* - A199 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 02 December 2021, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Shipboard Girl. 1965.
Colour offsetlithograph. From an unknown edition. Signed in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein. Image 66,2 × 48,7 cm on wove paper 69 × 51,2 cm. Published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Printed by Graphic Industries, New York.

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Lot 3663 - A201 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 June 2022, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
I love liberty. 1982.
Colour screenprint. 79/250. Signed and dated lower right: rf Lichtenstein © 82. Image 82 × 53.5 cm on wove paper by Arches 97.5 × 68.5 cm. Published by the the artist and People of the American Way, Washington. Printed by La Paloma, Los Angeles.

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Lot 3659 - A199 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 02 December 2021, 02.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
The Oval Office. 1992.
Colour screenprint. 113/175. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein `92. Image 75.4 × 99.7 cm on Rives roll paper 90.5 × 115.4 cm. Published by the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, for the benefit of the Democratic National Committee. Printed by Brand X Editions, New York (with the blindstamp). Furthermore with the copyright stamp on the reverse:© 1992 Roy Lichtenstein. Freshly printed condition.

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Lot 3698 - A197 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 01 July 2021, 01.30 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Moonscape. 1965.
Colour screenprint. A.P., artist's proof outside the edition of 200. Signed in pencil on the reverse: rf Lichtenstein. Sheet size 50.7 × 60.7 cm on blue rowlux. Published by Original Editions, New York. Printed by Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, New York. Published in the portfolio "11 Pop Artists Volume I".

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Lot 3696* - A191 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 07 December 2019, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Blue Floor. 1990.
Colour lithograph, woodcut and screenprint. 35/60. Signed and dated lower right in pencil: rf Lichtenstein '90. With the Copyright-stamp lower right: © 1991 RL & II as well as with the workshop number on the reverse: RL90-1227. Image 131.4 x 196.5 cm on 4-ply Paper Technologies Museum board 146.5 x 212 cm. Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with the stamp on the reverse). From the 8-part series "Interior Series".

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Lot 3710 - A181 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 01 July 2017, 04.00 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Two paintings: Dagwood. 1984.
Colour woodcut and colour lithograph. 9/60. Signed and dated lower right: rf Lichtenstein 84. On the reverse with the copyright stamp of Gemini, as well as of King Features Syndicate and the workshopnumber: RL83-1086. Image 129.1 x 91.1 cm on vélin by Arches 136.8 x 98.8 cm. Published and printed by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with the blindstamp). From the 9-part series "Paintings", 1982 - 1985.

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Lot 3697 - A197 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 01 July 2021, 01.30 PM

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(1923 New York City 1997)
Red Barn. 1969.
Colour screenprint. 40/250. Signed and dated in pencil lower left: rf Lichtenstein 69. Image 36.5 × 43.6 cm on wove paper by C.M. Fabriano (with the watermark) 48.4 × 66.2 cm. Published by Gabriele Mazzotta Editore, Milan (with the blindstamp).

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Lot 3493 - Z23 Prints & Multiples - Friday 07 December 2007, 01.30 PM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
I love liberty. 1982.
Serigraphie 85 / 250. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Roy Lichtenstein 82. Darstellung 82,3 x 53,6 cm auf Vélin d'Arches 97,5 x 68,8 cm. Sehr schöner Zustand. Gerahmt.

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Lot 3767 - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
Wallpaper with Blue Floor Interior (5-part). 1992.
Colour screenprint. 50/300. Signed and dated in silver felt-tip pen lower right on the fourth panel: rf Lichtenstein 92. With the copyright stamp bottom right: © 1992 RL & II. 259 × 77 cm each, total 259 × 381 cm on firm wove paper by Paper Technologies firmly laid down on aluminum. Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles. Printed by La Paloma, Los Angeles. Laid down.

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Lot 3693 - A205 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 22 June 2023, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
I love Liberty. 1982.
Colour screenprint. 99/250. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein © 82. Image 82.1 × 53.5 cm on firm wove paper by Arches 88 97.2 × 68.6 cm. Published by the artist and People for the American Way, Washington. Printed by La Paloma, Los Angeles. Faded.

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Lot 3678 - A203 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 01 December 2022, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
Crying girl. 1963.
Colour offset lithograph. Invitation card. From an unknown edition. Signed in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein. Image 43.8 × 59 cm on wove paper 45.9 × 61 cm. Published by Leo Castelli, New York. Printed by Colorcraft, New York. Minimally faded and browned.

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Lot 3694* - A187 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 08 December 2018, 10.30 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York City 1997)
2 sheets: Crying Girl. 1963.
Lot of two colour offsets, invitation cards. From an unkown edition. One signed in pencil lower right: rf Lichtenstein; the second one unsigned. Verso with Leo Castellis printed address, the information for the exhibition by Lichtenstein: Leo Castelli 4 East 77th, New York 21 Roy Lichtenstein September 28th to October 24th, 1963, as well as the client's address stamp and the postal stamp. Sheet size 43.2 x 58.4 cm on wove paper, folded.

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Lot 3715 - A209 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 20 June 2024, 10.00 AM

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

(1923 New York 1997)
Modern Head Relief. 1970.
Relief, brass. 36/100. With the incised signature and date on a copper plate on the reverse: rf Lichtenstein '70. Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with the copy right stamp on the reverse copper plate). Size 61 × 45.5 cm.

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