Lot #2532: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - M-Maybe he became Ill… - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "M-Maybe he became Ill… [cover]".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1991.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. (268 x 210 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/700
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials in black marker, upper center; signed in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown but not large. Smooth white wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good condition.
Comment(s): Lichtenstein has crossed out the "he" in the white bubble text and put his initials underneath the "became" in the text so as to have the text read "M-Maybe RFL became ill and couldn't leave the studio!". The cover of the 'Artstudio' periodical for Spring, 1991, #20, after the 1965 painting in the Ludwig Museum, Cologne. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [26869-2-400-NA]