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Roy's Lichtensteins: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

Bonsai Tree

Live auction begins on:

May 15, 11:30 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Roy's Lichtensteins: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997


Bonsai Tree

incised with the artist's signature, numbered 6/6 and dated '93 (lower edge)

painted pewter, patinated bronze

50 ¾ by 38 ½ by 10 ½ in.

128.9 by 97.8 by 26.7 cm.

Executed in 1993, this work is number 6 from an edition of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof.

Estate of the artist

Thence by descent to the present owner

Karen Bandlow, Roy Lichtenstein and East Asia, Petersberg 2007, nos. 43-44, pp. 42-43 (text), p. 45, illustrated in color and p. 46, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown)

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 4182, illustrated in color (online)

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; and Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993 - January 1996, no. S26, n.p., illustrated in color (edition 1/6) (traveled to all except Los Angeles and Hamburg)

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Major Works; Artschwager, Flavin, Judd, Lichtenstein, Nauman, Rauschenberg, Starn, Therrien, July - October 1994 (edition 6/6)

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, June - July 1995 (edition no. unknown)

Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Arte; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM); A Coruña, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza; and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture and Drawings, July 1998 - August 2000, p. 191, illustrated in color (Mexico City); no. 128, p. 173, illustrated in color (Washington, D.C.) (edition 4/6)

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors, July - October 1999, no. 26, p. 46, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash and Zurich, De Pury und Luxembourg, Roy Lichtenstein: Brushstrokes: Four Decades, November 2001 - June 2002, no. 32, p. 77, illustrated in color (edition 1/6)

Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside, December 2001 - February 2002 (edition 4/6)

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Roy Lichtenstein and the Bonsai Tree, March - May 2002 (edition 4/6)

Hong Kong, Gagosian Gallery and New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Landscapes in the Chinese Style, November 2011 - April 2012, fig. 6, pp. 27, 117, illustrated in color (edition 3/6)