Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Roy's Lichtensteins: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and 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)
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