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

Roy Lichtenstein

Modern Head #2, from the Modern Head series

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September 26, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Bid

9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997


Modern Head #2, from the Modern Head series

signed and dated '70 (lower right); inscribed AP II (lower left)

lithograph and line-cut in yellow and black with embossing on handmade Waterleaf paper

image: 19 ⅞ by 11 ¾ in. 50.3 by 29.8 cm.

sheet: 24 ¼ by 18 ¼ in. 61.5 by 46.4 cm.

Executed in 1970, this impression is one of 7 artist's proofs in Roman numerals aside from the numbered edition of 100 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 1880, (another example illustrated in color online)

Mary Lee Corlett, ed., The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2002, p. 112, no. 92 (another example illustrated in colors)