Property from a Private American Collection
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Modern Painting with Ionic Column
Details
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Modern Painting with Ionic Column
signed and dated ‘rf Lichtenstein ‘67’ (on the reverse)
acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas
62 x 82 1/8 in. (157.5 x 208.6 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Modern Painting with Ionic Column
signed and dated ‘rf Lichtenstein ‘67’ (on the reverse)
acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas
62 x 82 1/8 in. (157.5 x 208.6 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Gardner and Jan Cowles, New York, 1968
Richard Benedek, New York
Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London, circa 1974
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18 May 1978, lot 267
Private collection
Private collection, by descent from the above, 2007
Private collection, Beverly Hills
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, LLC, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Gardner and Jan Cowles, New York, 1968
Richard Benedek, New York
Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London, circa 1974
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18 May 1978, lot 267
Private collection
Private collection, by descent from the above, 2007
Private collection, Beverly Hills
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, LLC, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
V. Lawford, “A Reflection of Now: Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Cowles’s New York Apartment Brilliantly Mirrors Today’s Surge for Nonstop Space,” Vogue, vol. 158, no. 6, 1 October 1971, pp. 182 and 184 (illustrated).
J. Coplans, ed., Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1972, p. 149, no. VIII (illustrated).
Roy Lichtenstein: Modern Paintings, exh. cat., New York, Richard Gray Gallery, 2010, pp. 30-31, no. 34 (illustrated).
Lichtenstein: Kunst als Motiv, exh. cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig, 2010, p. 180, no. S 178 (illustrated).
Lichtenstein: Meditations on Art, exh. cat., Milan Triennale, 2010, p. 180 (illustrated).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 1398 (illustrated).
J. Coplans, ed., Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1972, p. 149, no. VIII (illustrated).
Roy Lichtenstein: Modern Paintings, exh. cat., New York, Richard Gray Gallery, 2010, pp. 30-31, no. 34 (illustrated).
Lichtenstein: Kunst als Motiv, exh. cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig, 2010, p. 180, no. S 178 (illustrated).
Lichtenstein: Meditations on Art, exh. cat., Milan Triennale, 2010, p. 180 (illustrated).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 1398 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, December 1967-February 1968, p. 10, no. 80.
Cleveland, New Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Major Works – Graphics – Posters, February-March 1969.
Stuttgart, Fischer Fine Art Ltd, Paintings by Colville, Lichtenstein and Linder, October 1974, pp. 6 and 12, no. 5 (illustrated).
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: The Modern Work, 1965-1970, November-December 1978.
Cleveland, New Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Major Works – Graphics – Posters, February-March 1969.
Stuttgart, Fischer Fine Art Ltd, Paintings by Colville, Lichtenstein and Linder, October 1974, pp. 6 and 12, no. 5 (illustrated).
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: The Modern Work, 1965-1970, November-December 1978.
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