ID 949115
Lot 8 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Estimate value
$ 18 000 000 – 25 000 000
Rouen Cathedral, Set IV
signed and dated 'rf Lichtenstein '69' (on the reverse of each canvas)
triptych—oil and Magna on canvas
each: 63 x 42 in. (160 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1969
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Holly and Horace H. Solomon, New York (1969).
The Mayor Gallery, London and Anders Malmberg, Malmö (circa 1985).
Douglas S. Cramer, Los Angeles.
Gagosian Gallery, New York (2000).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2000.
Exhibited
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Roy Lichtenstein, September-November 1969, pp. 70-71, no. 58 (illustrated in color).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Art About Art, July-September 1978, pp. 92-93 (illustrated).
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, In Our Time: Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum 1948-1982, October 1982-January 1983, p. 74.
Venice Biennale, 41st International Art Exhibition, Art in the Mirror/Art and the Arts/History and the Present in La Biennale di Venezia, June–September 1984, p. 57, no. 1-3.
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery and Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Pop Art: 1955-1970, February-August 1985, pp. 162-163 (illustrated in color).
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Post Lot Text
This work will be included in the forthcoming 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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