Lot #972: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Finger Pointing - Original color silkscreen

 

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Finger Pointing".
Medium: Original color silkscreen.
Date: Composed 1975.
Dimensions: Overall size: 38 5/16 x 27 9/16 in. (973 x 700 mm). Image size: 38 5/16 x 27 9/16 in. (973 x 700 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in blue crayon, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine, bright impression. Good condition; some repaired scuffs, mainly visible in the raking light; crease in image; a few corner creases; a few dimples; no tears, holes, foxing. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Corlett III.19. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, New York City (Manhattan), part of an extensive collection of Lichtenstein posters formed over a 20 year period. Comment(s): Although this image was the subject of several posters, this particular version is scarce. No auction records in the past 25 years located. The artist originally conceived this composition in the 1964 poster for the Moderna Museet, later editioning it in 1973, and then revisiting it in 1975 and 1989. Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [26923-6-1600]