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

Roy Lichtenstein

Setting Sun and Sea

Session begins in

May 16, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Bid

200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997


Setting Sun and Sea

signed (on the reverse)

porcelain enamel on steel

36 by 72 in.

91.4 by 182.9 cm.

Executed in 1964, this work is number 4 from an edition of 5.

Estate of the artist

Thence by descent to the present owner

J. Carter Brown, "A Barbeque in the Shrine?" Washington Post, 6 December 1964, p. G13, illustrated

Donald Judd, "In the Galleries: Roy Lichtenstein," Arts Magazine, New York, issue 39, no. 3, December 1964, p. 66, illustrated

Bruno Alfieri, "L'avvenire dell'arte: Una nuova dimensione operativea/The Arts' Future: A New Operational Dimension," Metro, Milan, no. 9, April 1965, p. 11, illustrated

Bruno Alfieri, "La condizione dell'arte: 'Pop' uguale 'non poplare'/The Arts' Condition: 'Pop' Means 'Not Popular," Metro, Milan, no. 9, April 1965, p. 6, illustrated

Phyllis Braff, "Social Issues of the 90's and Icons of the 60's: 'Pop Art," New York Times, 13 June 1999, Long Island, p. 23, illustrated

Exh. Cat., East Hampton, Guild Hall, Roy Lichtenstein: Between Sea and Sky, August - October 2015, no. 11, pp. 15-16, illustrated in color

Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 962, illustrated in color (online)

New York, Byron Gallery, American Landscapes, October - November 1964 (another example exhibited)

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Landscapes, October - November 1964 (another example exhibited)

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Collects: Selections from the Collections of the Friends of Modern Art, May - June 1969 (another example exhibited)

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum and Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1969 - August 1970, no. 88, p. 84, illustrated (present example)

Zurich, Galerie André Emmerich, Leo Castelli Show, October - November 1973 (another example exhibited)

Rome, Palazzo Civiltà del Lavoro, Artoon: L'influenza del fumetto nelle arti visive del XX secolo, November 1989 - January 1990, p. 12, illustrated (another example exhibited)

East Hampton, Vered Gallery, Pop Art, June 1999 (another example exhibited)

Vienna, Albertina, Roy Lichtenstein: A Centennial Exhibition, March - July 2024, pp. 128-129, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)