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ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Lot 28
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Lot 28 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
George Washington
signed and dated ‘rf Lichtenstein ‘62’ (on the reverse)
graphite and graphite rubbing on paper
image: 14 ½ x 11 ¼ in. (36.8 x 28.6 cm.)
sheet: 18 ¾ x 14 ½ in. (47.6 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1962.




Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Mi Chou Gallery, New York, 1962
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Owyang, New York, circa 1966
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 13 May 1981, lot 112
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 8 November 1990, lot 138
Frederick W. Hughes, New York
Estate of Frederick W. Hughes, 2001
Their sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 2001, lot 37
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

P. Bianchini, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: Drawings and Prints, Lausanne, 1970, p. 75, no. 62-14 (illustrated).
J. Coplans, ed., Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1972, n.p. (illustrated).
J. Russell, The Meanings of Modern Art, New York, 1981, p. 347 (illustrated).
A. Levine, “Object Lesson,” Jerusalem Post Magazine, vol. 55, no. 14667, 6 November 1987, p. 10 (illustrated).
M. Lobel, Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, New Haven, 2002, pp. 67-68, fig. 37 (illustrated).
A. Ténèze, “Pop George: Citation et art américain: Larry Rivers, Roy Lichtenstein…et George Washington," Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, no. 110, Winter 2009-2010, p. 49 (illustrated; titled Drawing for George Washington).
Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing, exh. cat., London, Lévy Gorvy, 2018, p. 66 (illustrated; titled George Washington (Study)).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 692 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Drawings, May-June 1962.
New York, Mi Chou Gallery, Art of Two Ages: The Hudson River School and Roy Lichtenstein, August 1962.
Ithaca, Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, The Spring Festival of Contemporary Painting, April-May 1965.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Works by Roy Lichtenstein, November 1966-January 1967.
Pasadena Art Museum and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Roy Lichtenstein, April-July 1967.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, Tate Gallery; Kunsthalle Bern and Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Roy Lichtenstein, November 1967-May 1968.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Seattle Art Museum and Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1969-August 1970.
Paris, Centre Beaubourg, Centre national d’art contemporain; Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie and Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, Roy Lichtenstein: Dessins sans bande, January-September 1975, p. 21 (illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Amsterdam, Museum Overholland; Tel Aviv Museum; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art and Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein, March 1987-November 1988, pp. 62 and 185, no. 18 (illustrated).
Museum of the City of New York, Celebrating George, February-September 1989.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors, July-October 1999, p. 64, no. 2, pl. 3 (illustrated).
New York, Morgan Library and Museum and Vienna, Albertina, Roy Lichtenstein: The Black-and-White Drawings, 1961-1968, September 2010-May 2011, pp. 126-127, no. 27 (illustrated).
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