Lot 155
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Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
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Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Weatherford Surrenders to Jackson

Details
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Weatherford Surrenders to Jackson
signed and titled 'Weatherford Surrenders to Jackson Lichtenstein' (upper left and lower right)
oil on canvas
42 x 50¼ in. (106.7 x 127.6 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Provenance
John Heller Gallery, New York
Samuel N. Tonkin and Sidney Freedman, New York
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1955
Literature
F. Porter, "Lichtenstein's Adult Primer," Art News 53, March 1954, p. 19 and 63, no. 1
E. Busche, Roy Lichtenstein: das Frühwerk, 1942-1960, Berlin, 1988, p. 107, no. 86.
Exhibited
New York, John Heller Gallery, New York Heller, March 1954.
Flint Institute of Arts, September-October 1955.
New Wilmington, Westminister College Art Gallery, Paintings from Butler Institute, September-October 1978.
Newark, Central Ohio Technical College, The Art Gallery at the Ohio State University, Roy Lichtenstein Pre-Pop, 1948-1960, May-June 1994, p. 21 (illustrated).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Painted in 1953, this work will be included in the catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.

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