' function loadJQuery() { A spokesperson for Sotheby’s confirmed the company was in contact with local authorities and but declined to elaborate on safety precautions, such as a cap on bidders permitted to attend in person. function checkCookies() { SignupForm.init($modal.find('form'), function onSuccess() { oil and Magna on canvas . o[this.name].push(this.value || ''); if (!o[this.name].push) { + '<\/div>' if (!found) { return numDays * 24 * 60; Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. closeSignupBar(); if (!$modal.length) { if (prefix == undefined) { } } if ($modal.hasClass('slideInDown')) return; Regarding Roy's Girls series, Dorothy Lichtenstein has said "I think that he was portraying his idea of the dream girl" (Dorothy Lichtenstein in conversation with Jeff Koons in: Exh. Saint Louis, The Saint Louis Art Museum; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art; and Fort Worth, Fort Worth Art Museum, Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, May 1981 - February 1982, p. 110, illustrated Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art; and Kurashiki City, Ohara Museum of Art, Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, April - July 1983, p. 106, illustrated .addClass( 'slideIn' + upOrDown ); , link = document.createElement('link'); expiration_days: 14 } Provenance: Private … aggressive: true, // =================================================================== + '<\/div>' + 'Signup failed. pagetypeurl = document.URL, Collectors searching for 1950s and 60s vintage offset lithographs at auction can add items by Roy Lichtenstein and other renowned artists to their prized selections. ctx.submit($form, onSuccess); Want to stay ahead of the art world? function getCookie(cname, prefix) { }, 48 by 56 in. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- var expirationMinutes = settings.expiration_minutes; All Rights Reserved.var w = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientWidth, window.innerWidth || 0), while (i--) { } Sotheby’s Is Betting Big on Its June Auction With a $30 Million Lichtenstein Brushstroke Painting, Even as the Sales Remain Uncertain The auction house seems committed to some version of an in-person sale, which will be held the week of June 29. + '
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' Free shipping on many items | Browse your favorite brands | affordable prices. View artworks for sale by Lichtenstein, Roy Roy Lichtenstein (8013, American). + ' @media (max-width: 1199px){ #ouibounce-modal .description {font-size:13px !important;} }' Among other honors and distinctions, Lichtenstein was the first living artist to have a retrospective of his work at New York's Museum of Modern Art. var o = {}; var $form = $(formElement); In a statement, the auction house promised “creative opportunities for those wishing to preview our exhibitions and participate in our auctions—from in-person and virtual appointment viewings to enhanced digital experiences.”, The announcement of the Lichtenstein consignment also included assurances from Sotheby’s that the work would appear in a live auction the week of June 29, “pending the lifting of certain restrictions and confirmation from the relevant authorities that we can proceed.” (The house has rolled its regular June sales in London and its May New York sales into one event.). $modal.css({ + '<\/div>' Lichtenstein earned both his BA and MFA in art from Ohio State University, but did not paint in the style for which he is now known until he began teaching at Rutgers University alongside Allan Kaprow in 1960. } After graduating from Ohio State University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1949, Roy Lichtenstein embarked on a period of wildly referential creative production connected both in subject matter to America and in formal quality to his time spent in Europe during World War II. Sold for HK$2,250,000 }); var a = this.serializeArray(); if(valid){ } else { // dataType: 'json', }; Cat, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Lichtenstein: Girls , 2008, p. 15), and the compelling attraction of Sleeping Girl certainly belongs to the world of dreams. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) "Handshake" Handsigned color lithograph on smooth wove paper, 1962.