Roy Lichtenstein 1923–1997
Roy Lichtenstein is one of the originators of the Pop Art movement, famed for paintings that take kitsch and transform it into culture. Lichtenstein was born in New York City in 1923. Growing up, he took art classes at the Art Student League where he created realist paintings. Lichtenstein continued his study of art at Ohio State University but, with the advent of World War II, he enlisted in the army in 1943. Lichtenstein returned to Ohio State after the war to finish his master’s degree in studio art. While Lichtenstein was teaching art at Rutgers University, he became close with fellow artist Allen Krapow, who introduced him to Claes Oldenburg. It was during the 1960s that Lichtenstein began experimenting with what would become his signature style of taking images from comic books and newspapers and reproducing them on a large scale, calling attention to the flatness of the imagery with his Ben-Day technique of painting dots. In 1962, Lichtenstein got his first break with a one-man show at the Leo Castelli Gallery, which sold out before it opened.
Auction Results Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Landscape 8 (from the Ten Landscapes portfolio)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $6,875
Roy Lichtenstein
Paper Plate
estimate: $500–700
result: $2,000
Roy Lichtenstein
Paper Plates (sixty-two works)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,000
Roy Lichtenstein
Sunrise
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $9,375
Roy Lichtenstein
Temple (Castelli mailer)
estimate: $700–900
result: $5,313
Roy Lichtenstein
WHAAM! poster (diptych)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $1,875
Roy Lichtenstein
Paper Plate
estimate: $100–150
result: $750
Roy Lichtenstein
Sample Portfolio (thirteen works)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $1,250
Roy Lichtenstein
WHAAM! poster (diptych)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,750
After Roy Lichtenstein
exhibition poster
estimate: $700–900
result: $688
Roy Lichtenstein
Cow Triptych (Cow Going Abstract)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $25,000
Roy Lichtenstein
Paper Plates (six works)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $1,820
Roy Lichtenstein
Foot Medication poster
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,250
Roy Lichtenstein
As I Opened Fire poster (triptych)
estimate: $700–900
result: $250
Roy Lichtenstein
View from the Window (from the Landscape series)
estimate: $70,000–90,000
result: $122,500
Roy Lichtenstein
Mirror (from the Harvey Gantt Portfolio)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $5,625