Roy Lichtenstein

Purist Still Life with Pitcher

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2,500,000 - 3,500,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997

Purist Still Life with Pitcher

signed and dated ’75 (on the reverse)

acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas

177.6 by 101.9 cm. 69⅞ by 40⅛ in.

Executed in 1975.

Estate of the artist

Thence by descent to the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, 2010, no. 31, p. 36, illustrated in colour

Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Roy Lichtenstein: Kunst als Motiv, 2010, n.p., illustrated in colour

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2023 – ongoing, RLCR 2409, illustrated in colour (online)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, September – November 1981

Pully-Lausanne, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1992 – January 1993, p. 125 (checklist)

Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes; Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte; A Coruña, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza; and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Roy Lichtenstein: Recognisable Images, July 1998 – August 2000, p. 129, illustrated in colour

Milan, Triennale di Milano, Roy Lichtenstein: Meditations on Art, January – May 2010, n.p., illustrated in colour