ID 1031446 
Lot 229  | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000 
Chief Before the Teepee
signed 'Lichtenstein' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1952.
Provenance
Hyman Silverman and Margaret Chalfin, Cleveland
Private collection, Palm Beach
Opera Gallery, Miami
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Literature
E. Busche, Roy Lichtenstein: Das Frühwerk, 1942-1960, Berlin, 1988, p. 138, no. 242 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, John Heller Gallery, Roy F. Lichtenstein, March 1954.
Youngstown, Butler Institute of American Art, 19th Annual Midyear Show: An Exhibition of ... Oil and Water Color Paintings by Artists of the United States, July-September 1954.
Indianapolis, Washington Gallery, Early Lichtenstein: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of Margaret Chaflin, September-October 1978.
Southampton, Parrish Art Museum, Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters, September-December 2006.
Further details
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
| Artist: | Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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