Lot  082 Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Haystack #2 from Haystack Series

Roy LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923 - 1997)

1969

Lithograph, screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper Publisher/printer Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, ed. 99/100

34 x 59.7 cm (Image) 51.8 x 74.8 cm (Paper)

Estimate

TWD 190,000-280,000

HKD 52,000-76,000

USD 6,700-9,800

CNY 44,000-65,000

Sold Price

TWD 230,440

HKD 64,011

USD 8,230

CNY 53,219


Signature

Signed lower right R. Lichtenstein and dated ‘69
Numbered lower left 99/100
With a stamp of Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, CALIF

ILLUSTRATED:
M. Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-1997, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2002, illustrated, no. 66, p. 97
Gemini G.E.L., Online Catalogue Raisonné, no. 31.10



+ OVERVIEW

Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York. His creations are drawn from pop culture elements such as Popeye and Mickey Mouse, which just impresses the generation who love to read comics and are influenced by commercials, so that he became one of the pioneers of American pop art. This lot "The Haystack" was made in 1969, is composed of Ben-Day dots, the representative style of Lichtenstein, reinterpreting the well-known "Haystack" series of Impressionist master Monet. This work was in collaboration with Gemini G.E.L. Printing Studio and has been included in the online catalog of the National Gallery of Art in Washington.


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Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Saturday, July 17, 2021, 3:30pm