Lot #1371: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Spray Can - Color lithograph

 

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Spray Can".
Medium: Color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1963. Printed 1964.
Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/8 x 11 7/16 in. (410 x 291 mm). Image size: 12 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (321 x 270 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Corlett 34; Bianchini (1971) 3B; Zerner (1975) 5. Comment(s): Our example is from the edition of 2,000, which was unsigned; hence the signature is a complimentary one. According to ‘Gordon’s Art Reference’ the auction record for an unsigned impression of this lithograph is $2,244 (SK14,700) at Bukowski's, Sweden (Contemporary Art, #579), 05/14/2014, lot #187. For Walasse Ting's "1¢ Life" unbound book/portfolio. Published by E. W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland and printed by Maurice Beaudet, Paris. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [26824-3-2400]