May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 190

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE A PARIS. 1982.
44 3/4x30 1/2 inches, 114x77 1/2 cm. Ets St. Martin, Asnieres
Condition B+: repaired tears, abrasions and creases at edges; creases in image.
"Since 1974 the Paris Cultural Festival has used artists posters to advertise the event. Pierre Alechinsky, Jasper Johns, Anselm Kiefer, Joan Miro, Sigmar Polke, Antoni Tapies, Jean Tinguely and Cy Twombly are among the artists who have designed posters. [In 1982] Lichtenstein had his own exhibition as part of the festival" (Lichtenstein Posters p. 119). "This poster is an original image created especially for the Paris venue of the exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein, 1970-1980 . . . held at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs September 20 - November 20, 1982" (Roy Lichtenstein p. 278). Lichtenstein Posters 37.