ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

Yellow Apple

Details
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Yellow Apple
inscribed with the artist's signature, number and date '2⁄6 rf Lichtenstein '81' (on the base)
painted bronze
21 x 16 ¾ x 4 ¾in. (53.3 x 42.5 x 12cm.)
Executed in 1981, this work is number two from an edition of six
Provenance
David and Gwen Lichtenstein, New York (a gift from the artist in 1981).
C & G Fine Arts, New York.
Helene Wasserman Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000.
Literature
B. Lamarche-Vadel, ‘Roy Lichtenstein, entretien au magnétophone’, in L'Artiste: Revue de l'Art contemporain, no. 11, June-July 1982 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 49).
R. Pincus-Witten, 'The Best of the Best: Leo and Toini Castelli at Home with Their Art', in House and Garden, April 1986, vol. 158, no. 4, p. 144 (installation videw of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 138; titled 'Apple').
J. Russell, ‘Les U.S.A. Face à l'Art’, in Connaissance des Arts, October 1990, no. 464 (installation view of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 119).
S. M. L. Aronson, ‘Architectural Digest Visits: Leo Castelli, The Legendary Art Dealer’s Fifth Avenue Collection’, in Architectural Digest, October 1995 (installation views of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 143 and 147).
P. Shea (ed.), Picasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection, New York 2003, p. 104, no. 59 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 105 and 127).
G. Celant (ed.), Roy Lichtenstein: Sculptor, exh. cat., Venice, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013, pp. 148 and 281, no. 110 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 149).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 3080 (another from the edition illustrated in colour).
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, 1981 (another from the edition exhibited).
San Francisco, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, Casting: A Survey of Cast Metal Sculpture in the '80s, 1982, p. 5, no. 18 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, p. 12).
Dallas, NorthPark Center, Sculpture: A Celebration of Contemporary Art, 1985, no. 6 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 1).
Dallas, Haggar University Gallery, University of Dallas, Artworks by Roy Lichtenstein, 1987 (another from the edition exhibited).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Colección Leo Castelli, 1988-1989, p. 115, no. 24 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 53).
New York, 65 Thompson Street, Roy Lichtenstein: Bronze Sculpture 1976-1989, 1989, pp. 60 and 89, no. 21 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 61; titled ‘Apple’).
Seoul, Duson Gallery, 5 Great American Artists: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella, 1989 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour).
Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Major Works from the Weisman Collection and Other Private Collections, 1990, pp. 37 and 79, no. 15 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 38).
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Roy Lichtenstein: Imágenes reconocibles: Escultura, pintura y gráfica, 1998-2000 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 146). This exhibition later travelled to Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM); A Coruña, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém.
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, 2010, p. 196 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, pp. 197 and 224).
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Roy Lichtenstein, 2013, p. 261, no. 123 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 237).

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