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A Legacy Reimagined: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

Trompe l'Oeil with Léger Head and Paintbrush (Study)

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November 19, 06:30 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Bid

90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Legacy Reimagined: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997


Trompe l'Oeil with Léger Head and Paintbrush (Study)

signed and dated ‘73 (on the verso)

colored pencil and graphite on paper

image: 4 ¾ by 3 ¾ in. (12.1 by 9.5 cm.)

sheet: 8 ¼ by 5 in. (21 by 12.6 cm.)

Executed in 1973.

Estate of the artist

Thence by descent to the present owner

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. 85, illustrated (Paris) and no. 133, p. 58, illustrated (Berlin and Aachen)

Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Fernand Léger: Paris–New York, June - September 2008, no. 118, p. 158, illustrated in color

Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roy Lichtenstein: Opera prima, September 2014 - January 2015, no. 80, n.p., illustrated in color

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 2235, illustrated in color (online)