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Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 911) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 2007, Lot 200 Donated by Gagosian Gallery

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon, Roy Lichtenstein: Oeuvres Récentes , January - February 1983 (edition no. unknown) New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Sculpture: John Chamberlain, Sandro Chia, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel, Richard Serra, Lawrence Weiner , June - September 1983

Literature

Exh. Cat., Ontario, Gallery Stratford (and travelling), American Accents , 1983, cat. no. 1983a, n.p., illustrated in color (another example) Exh. Cat., New York, Sixty-Five Thompson Street, Roy Lichtenstein: Bronze Sculpture 1976-1989 , 1989, cat. no. 23, p. 65, illustrated in color (ed. 1/6

Catalog summary

Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke signed, dated '82 and numbered 5/6 on the base painted and patinated bronze 54 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. 138.4 x 69.8 x 26.7 cm. Executed in 1982, this work will be included in the catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Provenance Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC# 911) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 2007, Lot 200 Donated by Gagosian Gallery Exhibited Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon, Roy Lichtenstein: Oeuvres Récentes , January - February 1983 (edition no. unknown) New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Sculpture: John Chamberlain, Sandro Chia, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel, Richard Serra, Lawrence Weiner , June - September 1983 Literature Exh. Cat., Ontario, Gallery Stratford (and travelling), American Accents , 1983, cat. no. 1983a, n.p., illustrated in color (another example) Exh. Cat., New York, Sixty-Five Thompson Street, Roy Lichtenstein: Bronze Sculpture 1976-1989 , 1989, cat. no. 23, p. 65, illustrated in color (ed. 1/6 exhibited) Exh. Cat., Mexico City, Museo Del Palacio De Bellas Artes (and travelling), Roy Lichtenstein: Imágenes Reconocibles: Escultura, Pintura y Grafica ,1998,  cat. no. 89, pp. 18 and 140, illustrated in color (another example) Condition This work is in very good condition. On the reverse side of the work as illustrated, there is a faint whitish 1 in. square area located in the black border of the lower right tip of the upper yellow stroke. On this same reverse side, in the black outer left and interior borders of the red vertical brushstroke, there are areas of a very faint speckled pattern that appears to be impressions possibly from packing materials. A similar area appears on the front of the sculpture as illustrated in the catalogue, located in the black borders above and below the left of the white brushstroke at the top. In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. Catalogue Note "The collision of high and low modes is the very strategy of his art, indeed of Pop in general, and here he extends it to sculpture as well: traditional bust meets abstract mannequin, Abstract Expressionist brushstroke meets cartoon sign of the same.  Crucially, however, the reference to traditional genres not only frames this collision, but in doing so, controls it as well.  And if there is a radical edge in Lichtenstein, it lies here: less in his thematic appropriation of comics and the like, and more in his formal reconciliation of lowly contents and high forms." Hal Fost in Exh. Cat., New York and London, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, Sculpture, 2005