Haystack Series

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ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack Series
the set of six lithographs and screenprints in colors, on Rives BFK paper, and one relief print on Special Arjomari paper, 1969, each signed and dated in pencil, numbered variously from the edition of 100 (there were also ten artist's proof sets), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and ink stamp on the reverse, with full margins, in very good condition, framed
Largest Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 3/4 in. (527 x 783 mm.)

Literature

Corlett 65-68; 70-71; Gemini 150-153; 155-156

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Lot Essay

Lichtenstein’s series of prints based is on Claude Monet's series of Haystacks, twenty five canvases which he began near the end of the summer of 1890 and continued through the following spring. A landmark of early modern art it is famous for the way in which Monet repeated the same subject to show the differing light and atmosphere at different times of day, across the seasons and in many types of weather, drawing attention to the dynamic relationship between colour and light. Similarly, Lichtenstein’s Haystacks run from morning (yellow) to midnight (black) in a mechanical version of Monet's changing light effects.

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