Roy Lichtenstein

Brushstrokes

Guaranteed PropertyMonumental Item

Estimate

4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Roy Lichtenstein

(1923 - 1997)

Brushstrokes

incised with the artist’s signature, dated ‘96 and numbered AP (lower edge); incised © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein and dated 2001 (lower edge)

painted aluminum

353 ¼ by 162 by 90 in.

897.3 by 411.5 by 228.6 cm.

Conceived in 1996 and cast in 2001, this work is the artist’s proof from an edition of 1 plus 1 artist’s proof.

This work is being offered for sale from an offsite location and is not at Sotheby’s New York.

The work will be on view outside 3 World Trade Center (South West Corner) 175 Greenwich St, NY, NY 10007. Please note the work will be available for collection starting January 15, 2026, and must be collected before July 30, 2026.

Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department at Abbey.Flamm@Sothebys.com with inquiries. Please note that the successful purchaser must use Sotheby’s shipping services for collection and delivery after the auction at the buyer’s expense.

Estate of the artist

Thence by descent to the present owner

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roy Lichtenstein on the Roof, May - November 2003, n.p., no. 4 (the present example)

Providence, MacMillian Green, Brown University, December 2003 - November 2007 (on extended loan) (the present example)

Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Roy Lichtenstein at Fairchild, December 2007 - May 2008 (the present example)

Exh. Cat., New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash (and traveling), Roy Lichtenstein: Brushstrokes, Four Decades, 2001-02, no. 22, n.p., illustrated in color (the present example)

Lawrence Van Gelder, "Arts Briefing: On Its Roof: Lichtenstein," The New York Times, 30 April 2003, p. E3, illustrated

Celia McGee, “Pop on Top This Summer at the Met,” Daily News, 2 May 2003, p. 59 (text)

Joseph Gallivan, “The Art of the Upgrade,” Portland Tribune: Portland Life, 27 September 2005, p. B1, illustrated in color (detail) (edition 1/1)

Exh. Cat., Venice, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor, 2013, no. 208, p. 248, illustrated in color (edition 1/1)

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 4493, illustrated in color (online)