Lot #2281: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Imperfect Drawing for Catalogue Cover I - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Imperfect Drawing for Catalogue Cover I".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1987.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/4 x 31 1/8 in. (248 x 791 mm). Image size: 9 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (248 x 578 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $450/500
Lot Note(s): Signed in red crayon, lower right. Edition of 6,000. Heavy white wove paper. The full sheet; untrimmed. Fine impression. Condition: folds as issued; slight wear on corners, else good to very good. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Corlett III.13.
Comment(s): Book-Jacket illustration for "The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein." Corlett writes: "This image was designed by Lichtenstein for use on the book jacket of the clothbound edition of 'The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein," by Bernice Rose, catalogue by Elizabeth Richebourg Rea (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1987), published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, March 15 - June 2, 1987. The drawing extends around the front flap. Lichtenstein designed a second 'Imperfect' illustration for the paperback edition (see cat. no. III.14)." Printed by the Meriden-Stinehour Press, Meriden, Connecticut. Rare when signed. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [24517-4-300-NA]