Roy Lichtenstein

(American, 1923 - 1997)

RECLINING NUDE, 1980

from EXPRESSIONIST WOODCUTS series

colour woodcut with embossing on Arches Cover paper

71.5 x 85.0 cm (image)
89.0 x 102.5 cm (sheet)
106.0 x 119.0 cm (frame)

edition: 8/50
signed, dated and numbered below image: 8/50 Roy Lichtenstein 80
printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles 

Estimate:
$35,000 - $50,000

Sold:
$36,818 (inc. BP)

Lot 1

Roy Lichtenstein

RECLINING NUDE

, 1980

lot details

Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923 - 1997)
RECLINING NUDE, 1980
from EXPRESSIONIST WOODCUTS series
colour woodcut with embossing on Arches Cover paper
71.5 x 85.0 cm (image)
89.0 x 102.5 cm (sheet)
106.0 x 119.0 cm (frame)
edition: 8/50
signed, dated and numbered below image: 8/50 Roy Lichtenstein 80
printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles 
Provenance

Private collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 17 May 1997, lot 1216
Brett Mitchell Collection, Ohio, USA
Private collection, Adelaide

Literature

Corlett, M.L., The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948–1993, Hudson Hills Press, New York, in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, cat. 172, p. 164 (illus., another example)

Related Works

Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Massachusetts University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, Massachusetts, National Art Gallery, Washington, Museum of Modern Art, New York, LACMA, Los Angeles, SFMoMA, San Francisco, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut.