Jun 06, 2024 - Sale 2671

Sale 2671 - Lot 150

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Untitled Shirt.

Color screenprint on silk sateen shirt, 1979. 762x914 mm; 30x36 inches (with sleeves outstretched). With the artist's signature and date screenprinted and numbered 39/100 in ink, on the label. Printed by the Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia. Published by the artist to benefit Artist's Space, New York.

Corlett notes that, "The shirts were produced for the benefit of Artists Space and were sold at its sixth-anniversary fundraising party, held at the Mudd Club on October 25, 1979. According to Lichtenstein's (1923-1997) notes in his records, "The dots are supposed to represent a mirror and this would make the wearer invisible." Corlett 159.