Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Red Apple
signed and dated 'rf Lichtenstein 80' (on the reverse)
oil and magna on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1981.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
De Pasquale Collection, New York
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Acquired by the present owner in 1995
Literature
P. Burstein, "Artist Roy Lichtenstein Has Laid Low for a Decade But He Isn't Reduced to Yard Sales," People Weekly, 8 June 1981, p. 85.
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, October-November 1981.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Who is Afraid of Red?, June-September 1995, p. 51, no. 46 (illustrated in color).
Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
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