ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Lot 15
18.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1568606
Lot 15 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 000 – 8 000 000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Voodoo Lily
signed, signed with the artist’s initials, dated and titled ‘rf Lichtenstein '61 VOO-DOO LILY rfl’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 20 in. (81.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961




Provenance

Dolph and Beatrice Bernardi, New York (gift from the artist).
Gagosian Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above).
Private collection, Greenwich (acquired from the above, 1989).
Gagosian Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 1996.



Literature

E.A. Busche, Roy Lichtenstein: Das Frühwerk, 1942–1960, Berlin, 1988, p. 236 (illustrated, fig. 142).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné (www.lichtensteincatalogue.org), no. RLCR 662 (accessed January 2026; illustrated in color).



Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Early Black and White Paintings, November-December 2001, p. 13 (illustrated).
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