Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Roy's Lichtensteins: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Surrealist Head II
Session begins in
May 16, 01:00 PM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 1,000,000 USD
Bid
600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Roy's Lichtensteins: Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
Surrealist Head II
incised with the artist's signature, date '88 and number 0/6 (on the base)
painted and patinated bronze
35 ⅛ by 14 ¼ by 5 ⅞ in.
89.2 by 36.2 by 14.9 cm.
Executed in 1988, this work is the artist proof from an edition of 6 plus 1 artist proof.
Estate of the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Germano Celant, Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor, Milan 2013, no. 169, p. 209, illustrated in color
Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 3767, illustrated in color (online)
New York, 65 Thompson Street, Roy Lichtenstein: Bronze Sculptures, 1976 - 1989, May - July 1989, no. 34, p. 87, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, October - January 2005, p. 58, illustrate in color (another example exhibited)
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, American Funnies, May 2006, no. 4, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
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