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Brushstroke Head IV
Details
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Brushstroke Head IV
incised with the artist’s signature, number, date and foundry mark ‘1⁄6 rf Lichtenstein 87’ (on the base)
painted and patinated bronze
43 ¼ x 23 5⁄8 x 11 ¾ in. (110 x 60 x 29.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1987 and cast in 1988. This work is number one from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Brushstroke Head IV
incised with the artist’s signature, number, date and foundry mark ‘1⁄6 rf Lichtenstein 87’ (on the base)
painted and patinated bronze
43 ¼ x 23 5⁄8 x 11 ¾ in. (110 x 60 x 29.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1987 and cast in 1988. This work is number one from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Private collection, 1989
The artist, 1989
Estate of the artist, New York
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York, 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, 1989
The artist, 1989
Estate of the artist, New York
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York, 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Kodansha Ltd., Contemporary Great Masters: Roy Lichtenstein, Tokyo, 1992, n.p., no. 58 (another example illustrated).
C. Salus, "Roy Lichtenstein: Mosaicist, 1950s and 1990s," Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 66, December 2006, p. 79 (another example illustrated).
Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor, exh. cat., Venice, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013, n.p., no. 154 (another example illustrated).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 3685 (another example illustrated).
C. Salus, "Roy Lichtenstein: Mosaicist, 1950s and 1990s," Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 66, December 2006, p. 79 (another example illustrated).
Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor, exh. cat., Venice, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013, n.p., no. 154 (another example illustrated).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 3685 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, 65 Thompson Street, Roy Lichtenstein: Bronze Sculptures, 1976-1989, May-July 1989, p. 81, no. 31 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Roy Lichtenstein: Three Decades of Sculpture, August-October 1992, n.p. (illustrated on the cover).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993-January 1996, n.p., no. 269 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Roy Lichtenstein, May-September 1998.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Collects Lichtenstein, January-May 2000 (another example exhibited).
London, Gagosian Gallery and New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture, June-October 2005, p. 77 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Re-Figure, November 2016-January 2017, p. 25 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Roy Lichtenstein: The Loaded Brush, July-September 2019, p. 120 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Roy Lichtenstein: Three Decades of Sculpture, August-October 1992, n.p. (illustrated on the cover).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993-January 1996, n.p., no. 269 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Roy Lichtenstein, May-September 1998.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Collects Lichtenstein, January-May 2000 (another example exhibited).
London, Gagosian Gallery and New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture, June-October 2005, p. 77 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Re-Figure, November 2016-January 2017, p. 25 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Roy Lichtenstein: The Loaded Brush, July-September 2019, p. 120 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
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