Description

Roy Lichtenstein ‘Nude Lying’ Original Drawing

Original pencil and coarse color crayon drawing circa 1963. Final ‘nude lying’ drawing in 1963 was a black ink in larger size – so this crayon drawing is considered as a preliminary study.

✓ Size: 21 x 30 cm

Hand signed on lightweight paper, some minor wear and slightly faded colors but overall very nice condition.

This Roy Lichtenstein ‘nude lying’ was bought in 1999 at an official auction in the USA and comes with details on provenance. A copy of the original invoice issued by the Rockefeller Plaza Auction Center will be delivered to the new buyer.

✓ Provenance: Edward Totah Gallery London 1992

Information on Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s, his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, and others. He became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the basic premise of pop art better than any other through parody.  Favoring the old-fashioned comic strip as subject matter, Lichtenstein produced hard-edged, precise compositions that documented while it parodied often in a tongue-in-cheek humorous manner. His work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style. He described Pop Art as, “not ‘American’ painting but actually industrial painting”.

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