Roy Lichtenstein
Bicentennial Print (Corlett 136), 1975
7 color lithograph and silkscreen in red, blue, yellow, green, gray, olive and black on white wove paper
paper: 30 1/16 x 22 5/16 inches
image: 25 x 18 1/16 inches
frame: 35 x 27 3/4 inches
edition 200 plus 25 AP's, 25 HC's
numbered, signed and dated in pencil "rf Lichtenstein '75"
printed by Styria Studio, New York, with their blindstamp lower right
published by APC Editions, division of Chermayeff & Geismar Associates, Inc., New York (and underwritten by Mobil Oil Corporation)
Museum quality, the colors particularly fresh & vibrant.
In archival white wood frame with white mat & UV filtering plexiglass created by PSG Framing, Boston.
Provenance
From the personal collection of Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Sotheby's Paris, February 18, 2021, Lot 414.
Literature
M. Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1993, New York, 1994, no. 136, another impression reproduced in color, page 140.
Museum Collections
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Albright-Knox, Buffalo, NY
Irish Museum of Art, Dublin
About
Bicentennial Print (Corlett 136), 1975 is an exceptional museum quality impression published 46 years ago. This is an opportunity to acquire a particularly fresh and vibrant impression of this 7 color Pop Art lithograph and silkscreen printed by Styria Studio, New York that was previously in the collection of the Master Artist Christo & his wife Jeanne-Claude for decades.
Auction Results
For reference a faded impression of Roy Lichtenstein Bicentennial Print realized $38,000 at Phillips London, January 19, 2023.
