Lot #1947: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Knock Knock - Color linoleum cut

 

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Knock Knock".
Medium: Color linoleum cut.
Date: Composed 1975.
Dimensions: Overall size: 27 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. (708 x 502 mm). Image size: 21 x 15 1/2 in. (533 x 394 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Doering/Von der Osten 114; Corlett App.8 for the edition without text. Comment(s): According to Corlett, this poster was "produced on the occasion of Lichtenstein's drawing exhibition, 'Dessins de Lichtenstein,' at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, January 11 - February 16, 1975. The words 'Knock Knock' play on the center's initials, CNAC." Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [26907-5-1200]