Brushstroke IV

Details

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Brushstroke IV
signed 'rf Lichtenstein' (on the reverse); incised with number '8/10' (on a plaque affixed to the reverse)
acrylic lacquer and enamel on cherry wood, in two parts
overall: 68 x 30 x 8 ¼ in. (172.7 x 76.2 x 21 cm.)
Executed in 1986. This work is number eight from an edition of ten plus one artist's copy and one printer's copy.

Provenance

John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987

Further details

This work will appear in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.

Présenté par

Rachael White

rrwhite@christies.com +1 212 974 4556

Descriptif du lot

“It’s taking something that originally was supposed to mean immediacy and I’m tediously drawing something that looks like a brushstroke… I want it to look as though it were painstaking.” – Roy Lichtenstein

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