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AN EYE FOR COLOUR: WORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Sinking Sun (Study)
Details
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Sinking Sun (Study)
signed with the artist's initials ‘rfl’ (lower right)
graphite and coloured pencil on paper
image: 4 ¾ x 4 ¾in. (12.1 x 12.2cm.)
sheet: 5 7⁄8 x 5 3/8in. (14.9 x 13.8cm.)
Executed in 1964
Sinking Sun (Study)
signed with the artist's initials ‘rfl’ (lower right)
graphite and coloured pencil on paper
image: 4 ¾ x 4 ¾in. (12.1 x 12.2cm.)
sheet: 5 7⁄8 x 5 3/8in. (14.9 x 13.8cm.)
Executed in 1964
Provenance
Ileana and Michael Sonnabend, Paris (acquired directly from the artist circa 1970s).
The Sonnabend Homem Collection (by descent from the above in 2007).
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 14 May 2015, lot 445.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
The Sonnabend Homem Collection (by descent from the above in 2007).
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 14 May 2015, lot 445.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Eccher, Roy Lichtenstein: Opera prima, exh. cat., Milan 2014, fig. 42 (titled ‘Landscape with Setting Sun’; illustrated in colour, p. 237).
D. Eccher, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: Drawing First. 50 Years of Works on Paper, Milan 2015, fig. 42 (titled ‘Landscape with Setting Sun’; illustrated in colour, p. 229).
G. Lévy, Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing, exh. cat., London, Levy Gorvy, 2018 (titled ‘Landscape with Setting Sun’; illustrated in colour, p. 82).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 964 (illustrated).
D. Eccher, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: Drawing First. 50 Years of Works on Paper, Milan 2015, fig. 42 (titled ‘Landscape with Setting Sun’; illustrated in colour, p. 229).
G. Lévy, Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing, exh. cat., London, Levy Gorvy, 2018 (titled ‘Landscape with Setting Sun’; illustrated in colour, p. 82).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 964 (illustrated).
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