Lot #1850: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Mao - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Mao".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1971.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (286 x 213 mm). Image size: 9 9/16 x 7 in. (243 x 178 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower center. Edition of 7,500. White wove paper. The full sheet; untrimmed. Fine impression. Good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Corlett III.11 - See Corlett 104 for the limited edition lithograph. Comment(s): Cover illustration for "The Adventures of Mao on the Long March." Corlett writes: "This image was designed by Lichtenstein for use on the cover of the book by Frederic Tuten, "The Adventures of Mao on the Long March (New York: The Citadel Press, 1971), and as a limited-edition lithograph." Printed by Lemon Graphics. Rare when signed. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [24515-1-225]