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Lot 132W

Roy Lichtenstein
(1923-1997)
Nude with Blue Hair

1 November 2019, 14:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$500,000 inc. premium

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Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Nude with Blue Hair (C.286), 1994
Relief print in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 28/40 (there were also 12 artist's proofs), with the blindstamp of the publisher Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with full margins, framed.
51 1/4 x 31 5/8in (130.2 x 80.3cm)
sheet 57 5/8 x 37 5/8in (146.3 x 95.5cm)

Footnotes

In Nude with Blue Hair, Lichtenstein returns to his early Pop vocabulary but with an updated twist. With the expertise of master printer Kenneth Tyler and the talented team at Tyler Graphics, the artist employed innovative printing methods to enhance the volume of his cartoon-like female figure, adding diagonal stripes to his signature Benday dot patterns, and employing relief printing to create depth. His cartoon woman is now life-sized (almost five feet tall), gazing directly at the viewer as if poised to step out of her giant cartoon strip. With its astounding scale, Nude with Blue Hair is considered Lichtenstein's most important graphic work on paper, created during the height of Tyler Graphics' creativity (the printshop would close in 2000) and pushing contemporary printmaking into a new direction.

Provenance
Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York
Private collection, Colorado

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