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ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Lot 47
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 47 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
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$ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass and Classical Column
signed and dated 'rf Lichtenstein '75' (on the reverse)
acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1975.




Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Leo Castelli, New York
Jean-Christophe Castelli, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 10 May 2006, lot 37
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, exh. cat., Saint Louis Art Museum, 1981, p. 85 (illustrated).
P. Carlsen, “Personal Columns: Interiors Go From Pillar to Post-Modern,” GQ, vol. 52, no. 3, March 1982, p. 198 (illustrated).
M. Preston, “The ‘70s world of Lichtenstein,” Newsday, 12 November 1981, p. 47 (titled Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass, Column).
L. Alloway, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1983, p. 83, no. 83 (illustrated; titled Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass, Column).
Kodansha Ltd., Contemporary Great Masters: Roy Lichtenstein, Tokyo, 1992, n.p., no. 31 (illustrated; titled Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass, Column).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 2400 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Seattle, Modern Art Pavilion, Roy Lichtenstein, January-March 1976.
Saint Louis Art Museum; Seattle Art Museum; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Fort Worth Art Museum, Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, May 1981-February 1982, pp. 88-89 (illustrated; titled Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass, Column).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Colección Leo Castelli, October 1988-January 1989, p. 96, no. 23 (illustrated).
New York, Josh Baer Gallery, Natura Naturata (An Argument for Still Life), March 1989, n.p.
Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli, Modern Masters ’89, May-July 1989, p. 123, no. 37 (illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993-January 1996, p. 231, fig. 178 (illustrated; titled Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass, Classical Column).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, September 1998-October 2003 (extended loan).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Roy Lichtenstein: A Tribute, January-April 1999.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, October 2003-March 2006 (extended loan).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, May-July 2010, pp. 152-153 and 222 (illustrated; titled Purist Painting with Pitcher, Glass, and Classical Column).
Art Institute of Chicago; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art and London, Tate Modern, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, May 2012-May 2013, p. 211, no. 74 (illustrated).
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