Reflections on Pop: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Mermaid
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Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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8,000 USD
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Reflections on Pop: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
Mermaid
signed, dated '78 and inscribed AP V (lower right)
lithograph printed in colors on Arches 88 wove paper
image: 17 by 18 in. 43.3 by 46 cm.
sheet: 25 ⅛ by 26 ⅛ in. 64 by 66.5 cm.
Executed in 1978, this impression is one of 10 artist's proofs in Roman numerals aside from the numbered edition of 60 in Arabic numerals, with the blindstamp of the publisher, Gemini G.E.L., and with their inkstamp on the verso.
Estate of the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 2741, (another example illustrated in color online)
Mary Lee Corlett, ed., The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2002, p. 155, no. 158 (another example illustrated in color)