Lot #1491: ROY LICHTENSTEIN - Whaam! - Original color offset lithographs

       

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
Title: "Whaam! [1996 - diptych - 2 original prints - lifetime printing]".
Medium: Original color offset lithographs.
Date: Composed 1996.
Dimensions: Overall size: (two panels together) 31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in. (800 x 1200 mm). Image size: (two panels together) 19 3/8 x 45 1/2 in. (492 x 1156 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,500/4,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right, second panel. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Very light cream wove paper. The full sheets. Fine impressions with fresh colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Doering/Von Osten 162. Our example unknown to Corlett - thus cf. Corlett App.7.
Comment(s): Rare. Although published by the Tate during Lichtenstein's lifetime in 1996, we have found only one auction record since its printing. The complete text underneath the image reads: "Published by Tate Publishing, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. © Tate Publishing 1996. Roy Lichtenstein 'Whaam!' 1963. Acrylic on canvas. 172.7 x 406.4 cm (68 x 160 in). © Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 1996. Printed in Great Britain for the Trustees of the Tate Gallery by Westerham Press. 3M0296. T4095". Image copyright © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [28642-6-2400-NA]