Roy Lichtenstein, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, C.83

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)
Title:The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, C.83
Reference:Corlett 83
Medium:Screenprint on Rives paper.
Image Size:23 1/8 in (58.8 cm) diameter
Sheet Size:28 ¾ x 28 ¾ in (73 x 73 cm)
Framed Size:34 1/2 in x 34 3/4 in (87.6 cm x 88.2 cm)
Edition:Numbered from the edition of 250 in pencil in the lower right margin.
Signature:This work is hand signed by Roy Lichtenstein (New York, 1923 – New York, 1997) in pencil in the lower right margin.
Condition:This work is in excellent condition.
ID #w-7381

Historical Description

Roy Lichtenstein The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, C.83 is a bright and vivid screenprint with a circular composition. The poster features a limited color palette of red, green, yellow, and black. Lichtenstein’s “comic-book” style and his use of Ben Day dots are present in the abstracted design. The artist incorporates many different objects into the flat two-dimensional work. On the right side of the circle we can see a Roman column and part of a bridge. In the center there is a man standing in front of buildings that make up the left side of the work. Lichtenstein uses yellow heavily on the right side and balances this with the red of the left side.

Mary Corlett, author of “The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1993,” writes, “This image was created for Lichtenstein’s first solo exhibition in a New York museum and was also produced as a poster. The image was also featured on the cover of the October 1969 issue of ARTnews magazine.”

Roy Lichtenstein The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, C.83 is a Screenprint on Rives paper. This work has the Roy Lichtenstein signature in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered from the edition of 250 in pencil in the lower right margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Roy Lichtenstein The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, C.83 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1. Corlett, Mary. The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1997. Hudson Hills; Revised Edition (July 19, 2002). Listed and illustrated as catalogue number 83.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:

Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Roy Lichtenstein The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, C.83 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.

Subject Matter: $16-50k Under $15k Contemporary