Lot #1064: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Kiss (V) - Original color silkscreen

     

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Kiss (V)".
Medium: Original color silkscreen .
Date: Composed 1964. Printed c1980/1990.
Dimensions: Overall size: 36 3/8 x 34 7/8 in. (924 x 886 mm). Image size: 30 7/8 x 30 7/8 in. (784 x 784 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in blue crayon, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. Smooth coated white wove paper. The full sheet; untrimmed. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Doering/Von der Osten 149. Comment(s): Kiss (V) was originally painted in 1964. Legendary publisher Poster Originals, Ltd., who was responsible for most of the posters for Leo Castelli and other leading New York galleries, commissioned this poster from Lichtenstein as an exclusive silkscreen. As such, our example is a lifetime impression. Please note that our example is the original color silkscreen/serigraph and not the offset lithograph nor the later unauthorized silkscreen, printed after Lichtenstein's lifetime. A signed impression (as ours) of this color silkscreen has sold as high as $18,698 (PIASA, Paris [Art Abstrait et Contemporain], 06/10/2008, lot #109). The printing date of this poster is variously given as 1980 (dealer offering); c1980 (Christie's New York sale 9/25/2002); and 1990 (Doering/Von der Osten catalogue). Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [23513-7-1600]