LOT DETAILS

Materials:

magna on canvas

Measurements:

50.12 in. (127.30 cm.) (height) by 40.24 in. (102.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'rf Lichtenstein '63' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Knoedler & Company, Lawyers Collect: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Selected from the Private Collections of Members of the New York Bar, January 1965. XXXIII Venice Biennale, United States Pavillion, Helen Frankenthaler, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Jules Olitski, June-October 1966, p. 15 (illustrated in color). Pasadena Art Museum; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Roy Lichtenstein, April-July 1967. London, Tate Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, January-February 1968 p. 34, no. 17 (illustrated). New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, American Pop Art, April-June 1974 p. 81, no. 38 (illustrated). Joseph Haubrich-Kunsthalle Koln; Cologne, Museum Ludwig; St. Louis Art Museum, Roy Lichtenstein: 1970-1980, May 1981-April 1982. New York, Gagosian Gallery, Lichtenstein's Picassos: 1962-1964, February-March 1988, n.p., (illustrated in color). New York, Blum Helman, Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Masterpieces 1961-1964, May-June 1987, no. 14. New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Roy Lichtenstein, October 1993-September 1994, p. 36, no. 37 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

D. Seiberling,"Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?" Life, 31 January 1964 (illustrated in color). H. Geldzahler, "Frankenthaler, Kelly, Lichtenstein, Olitski: A Preview of the American Selection of the 1966 Venice Biennale," Artforum, June 1966, p. 33 (illustrated in color). L. Lippard, Pop Art, New York, 1966, p. 89, no. 69 (illustrated in color). A. Boatto and G. Falzoni, eds., Lichtenstein, Italy, 1966, p. 33 (illustrated). S. Dali, "How an Elvis Presley Becomes a Roy Lichtenstein," Arts Magazine, no. 41, April 1967, p. 31 (illustrated). C. Andreae, "Trying to Shock-himself," Christian Science Monitor, 18 September 1969, section II, p. 11 (illustrated). M. Kozloff, "Lichtenstein at the Guggenheim," Artforum, vol. 8, no. 3, November 1969, p. 43 (illustrated). D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, 1969, p. 43 (illustrated). N. Calas, "Roy Lichtenstein: Insight through Irony," Arts Magazine, vol. 44, no. 1, September/October 1969, p. 31 (illustrated). J. Weber, Pop Art, Munich, 1970, p. 62 (illustrated). D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, 1971, pl. 62 (illustrated in color). S. Hunter, American Art of the 20th Century, New York, 1972, p. 682 (illustrated in color). L. Alloway, American Pop Art, New York, 1974, pl. 70 (illustrated). D. Schaff, "A Conversation with Roy Lichtenstein," Art International, January/February 1980, p. 28 (illustrated). P. Vogt, Contemporary Painting, New York, 1981, pl. 44 (illustrated in color). J. Cowart, Roy Lichtenstein: 1970-1980, New York, 1981, p. 110 (illustrated). L. Alloway, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1983, p. 44-45 and 85 (illustrated in color). E. Heartney, "Roy Lichtenstein, Gagosian," ARTnews, May 1988, p. 165 (illustrated). D. Kazanjian, Vogue, October, 1989 (illustrated in color). M. Bernadac, "Picasso au tamis de Lichtenstein: le style contre l'image," ArtStudio, vol. 20, spring 1991, p. 71 (illustrated in color). D. Wheeler, Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present, New York, 1991, p. 149 (illustrated in color). M. Lobel, Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, New Haven, 2002, pp. 60 and 62 (illustrated). M. FitzGerald, Picasso and American Art, New York, 2006, p. 255 (illustrated). N. Dunne, Roy Lichtenstein, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2012, p. 40 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Mnuchin, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tyson, New York. Gagosian Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. S.I. Newhouse, New York. Gagosian Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.