ROY LICHTENSTEIN
SMALL EXPLOSION , 1965 (Executed)
Lot #856 |
2020-07-20 |
Sotheby's, London
Contemporary Art Day Sale
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 350,000 - 450,000 (currency of sale)
USD 442,372 - 568,764 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L20023
Auction name: Contemporary Art Day Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2020-07-20
End date: 2020-07-30
Currency: GBP
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 52.1 by 40.6 by 10.2 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
52.1
Width In Centimeters:
40.6
Depth In Centimeters:
10.2
Height In Inches:
20.5
Width In Inches:
16
Depth In Inches:
4
Signed: Login to view
Edition: 8
Edition notes: Number 1 from an edition of 8.
Year notes: Executed in 1965.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1965) Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Service, Penthouse Exhibitions: Art in Editions , June - August 1965 (ed. no. unknown) Cleveland , Cleveland Museum of Art, Works by Roy Lichtenstein , November - December 1966 (ed. no. unknown) New York, Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Service, Penthouse Exhibition: Members Collect Retrospective Exhibition , March - May 1967 (ed. no. unknown) New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Kansas City, Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; and Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Roy Lichtenstein , September - November 1969 (ed. no. unknown) Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Roy Lichtenstein: Escultura, Pintura y Gráfica , July - October 1998, p. 82 (ed. no. unknown) Washington D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture & Drawings , June - September 1999, p. 57, no. 15, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown) Michigan, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Pop! , June - September 2005 (ed. no. unknown)
Literature
Alberto Boatto & Giordano Falzoni, Lichtenstein , Rome 1966, p. 79, illustrated (ed. no. unknown) John Coplans, Roy Lichtenstein , New York 1972, n.p., pl. 47, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Catalog summary
ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923 - 1997 SMALL EXPLOSION porcelain enamel on steel with lacquered wooden base 52.1 by 40.6 by 10.2 cm. 20½ by 16 by 4 in. Executed in 1965, this work is number 1 from an edition of 8. Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. To view Shipping Calculator, please click here Provenance Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1965) Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited New York, Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Service, Penthouse Exhibitions: Art in Editions , June - August 1965 (ed. no. unknown) Cleveland , Cleveland Museum of Art, Works by Roy Lichtenstein , November - December 1966 (ed. no. unknown) New York, Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Service, Penthouse Exhibition: Members Collect Retrospective Exhibition , March - May 1967 (ed. no. unknown) New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Kansas City, Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; and Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Roy Lichtenstein , September - November 1969 (ed. no. unknown) Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Roy Lichtenstein: Escultura, Pintura y Gráfica , July - October 1998, p. 82 (ed. no. unknown) Washington D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture & Drawings , June - September 1999, p. 57, no. 15, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown) Michigan, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Pop! , June - September 2005 (ed. no. unknown) Literature Alberto Boatto & Giordano Falzoni, Lichtenstein , Rome 1966, p. 79, illustrated (ed. no. unknown) John Coplans, Roy Lichtenstein , New York 1972, n.p., pl. 47, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)