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Reflections on Pop: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

Modern Head #1, Modern Head #5 and Modern Head Relief (Studies)

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Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Bid

90,000 USD

Lot Details

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Reflections on Pop: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997


Modern Head #1, Modern Head #5 and Modern Head Relief (Studies)

signed and dated '70 (on the verso)

graphite on paper

20 by 39 ⅞ in.

50.8 by 101.3 cm.

Executed in 1970.

Estate of the artist

Thence by descent to the present owner

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 1877, illustrated in color (online)

Paris, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou; Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie; Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, Roy Lichtenstein: Dessins sans bande, January - September 1975, p. 44, illustrated (Paris) (titled Modern Heads) and no. 67, p. 17, illustrated (Berlin and Aachen)

Columbus, Ohio State University, Sullivant Gallery, College of the Arts and Kent State University, School of Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Posters, Prints, Drawing, Painting, October - January 1975

Valencia, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts Galleries, Roy Lichtenstein at CalArts: Drawings and Collages from the Artist's Collection, April - May 1977, no. 34, p. 77, illustrated

St. Paul, Minnesota Museum of Art; Seattle, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Reykjavik, National Gallery of Iceland; Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Madrid, Universidad Complutense, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo; Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes; Maracaibo, Museo Municipal de Artes Gráficas; Santo Domingo, Galería de Arte Moderno; Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Museo de Artes y Ciencias; Ciudad Juárez, Museo Municipal, American Drawing, 1927–1977, September 1977 - June 1979, no. 52, p. 25, illustrated (titled Four Studies of Modern Head) (St. Paul); no. 40, p. 25, illustrated (Reykjavik, Bordeaux); no. 40, n.p., illustrated (Madrid, Caracas, Maracaibo, Santo Domingo, Mexico City and Ciudad Juárez)

New York, Brooklyn Museum, American Drawing in Black and White: 1970–1980, November 1980 - January 1981 (titled Four Studies of Modern Head)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1985 - March 1994 (on extend loan)