Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Property of the Nancy Epstein Family, Los Angeles
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Modern Sculpture with Glass Wave

Details
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Modern Sculpture with Glass Wave
brass and glass
91 x 26 x 27 in. (231.1 x 66 x 68.5 cm.)
Executed in 1967. This work is number two from an edition of three.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Private collection, Los Angeles
Private collection, Los Angeles
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Beyeler Gallery, Basel
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Ace Gallery, Vancouver
Private collection, Los Angeles
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
H. Kramer, "The New Sculpture: Aspirations and Blinded Alleys," The New York Times, 12 November 1967, p. 37 (illustrated).
Sculptures: rf Lichtenstein, Paris, 1968, n.p. (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1971, pl. 158 (illustrated).
S. Hunter, 20th Century American Art, New York, 1972, p. 298 (illustrated).
J. Dreiss, "Group Show: Castelli (Uptown)," Arts Magazine, October 1974, p. 67 (illustrated).
S. Ballatore, "Roy Lichtenstein: Transitional Paintings," Artweek, 26 April 1975, p. 3 (illustrated).
J. Cowart, Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, New York, 1981, p. 148 (illustrated).
L. Alloway, Lichtenstein, New York, 1983, p. 58 (illustrated).
S. Hunter, Selections from the Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection: Works from the 1950s and 1960s, Princeton, 1985, p. 64 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Roy Lichtenstein, Spring 1969, p. 77, no. 62 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, In 3-D: Group Sculpture Show, September-October 1974.
Los Angeles, Ace Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture 1967-68, Entablature Paintings 1974-75, May-June 1975.
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, American Sculpture, July-September 1984.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Brussels, Les Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts; Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Roy Lichtenstein, January 1994-January 1996, p. 325, no. 254 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
Rome, Chiostro del Bramante; Milan, Padiglione di Arte; Trieste, Museo Revoltella; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Roy Lichtenstein: Riflessi-Reflections, December 1999-January 2001, p. 106 (illustrated, another example exhibited).

Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.

Another from the edition is in the collection of The Musuem of Modern Art, New York.

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