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Lot 125001327
Lot 125001327 
Raumbeispiel
125001327
Roy Lichtenstein
Nude in the Woods, 1980.
Woodcut in colors
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,880 - 27,840
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
Nude in the Woods. 1980.
Woodcut in colors.
Signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 50 copies. On firm wove paper. 84.5 x 81.5 cm (33.2 x 32 in). Sheet: 101 x 90,5 cm (39,7 x 35,6 in).
AFrom the series “Expressionist Woodcuts.” Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with stamp and embossing). [KA].
• Masterfully executed large-scale color woodcut.
• Lichtenstein reinterprets German Expressionism in striking pop art aesthetics.
• Just one year after their creation, works from the “Expressionist Woodcuts” series were shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
• Inspired by Robert Rifkind’s collection of German Expressionists in 1978, particularly the expressive lines of Kirchner, Heckel, and Pechstein.
PROVENANCE: Collection, New York.
Private collection, Austria.
EXHIBITION: Each presumably a different copy
Roy Lichtenstein. Graphic Work, 1970-1980, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Oct. 4-Nov. 25, 1981, cat. no. 29.
Roy Lichtenstein. Graphics, Fine Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Feb. 25-March 20, 1983, cat. no. 34 (illustrated in b/w).
Roy Lichtenstein Prints, Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 1993.
The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1994-Jan. 8, 1995; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Feb. 16-April 30, 1995; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, May 28-Aug. 6, 1995; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, Sep. 10-Nov. 26, 1995, cat. no. 69.
Reflections on Roy. A Survey of Roy Lichtenstein's Print Work from the Leo Castelli Collection and Castelli Graphics, Sellars Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia, March 24-May 10, 1995.
Die Druckgrafiken von Roy Lichtenstein. Kosmos seiner Kunst, Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, March 25–April 12, 1998; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura, Japan, April 18–May 24, 1998; Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Japan, May 29–June 28, 1998; Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Ohtsu, Japan, July 4–Aug. 16, 1998; Daimaru Museum, Kobe, Japan, Aug. 20–Sep. 1, 1998; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan, Sep. 18–Oct. 25, 1998, cat. no. 54 (with color ill., p. 85).
Lichtenstein. Expressionism, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, July 1–Oct. 12, 2013, pp. 10 and 76 (with color ill.).
LITERATURE: Andrea Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, published by Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, New York, online CR no. RLCR 2945 (color illu., different copy).
Mary Lee Corlett, The prints of Roy Lichtenstein. A catalogue raisonné 1948-1997, New York 1994, CR no. 174 (color illu.).
Gemini G.E.L. Catalogue Raisonné, Gemini G.E.L. and National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles und Washington, D.C. 2001, CR no. 31.66 (color illu.)
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Prints and Portfolios Published. Print Collector's Newsletter vol. 11, no. 5, November-December 1980, pp. 179f.
"I like to work toward precision but not [being] able to achieve it. Working against wood – cutting wood – makes absolute precision impossible. [..] with it you can't achieve this neatness but you can try to get it and then achieve certain qualities in the process. You get the grain, something that has a little more feeling to it."
Roy Lichtenstein 1981, quoted from: Exhibition catalog. Roy Lichtenstein, Graphic Work 1970-1980, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981
1923 - 1997
Nude in the Woods. 1980.
Woodcut in colors.
Signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 50 copies. On firm wove paper. 84.5 x 81.5 cm (33.2 x 32 in). Sheet: 101 x 90,5 cm (39,7 x 35,6 in).
AFrom the series “Expressionist Woodcuts.” Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with stamp and embossing). [KA].
• Masterfully executed large-scale color woodcut.
• Lichtenstein reinterprets German Expressionism in striking pop art aesthetics.
• Just one year after their creation, works from the “Expressionist Woodcuts” series were shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
• Inspired by Robert Rifkind’s collection of German Expressionists in 1978, particularly the expressive lines of Kirchner, Heckel, and Pechstein.
PROVENANCE: Collection, New York.
Private collection, Austria.
EXHIBITION: Each presumably a different copy
Roy Lichtenstein. Graphic Work, 1970-1980, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Oct. 4-Nov. 25, 1981, cat. no. 29.
Roy Lichtenstein. Graphics, Fine Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Feb. 25-March 20, 1983, cat. no. 34 (illustrated in b/w).
Roy Lichtenstein Prints, Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 1993.
The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1994-Jan. 8, 1995; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Feb. 16-April 30, 1995; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, May 28-Aug. 6, 1995; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, Sep. 10-Nov. 26, 1995, cat. no. 69.
Reflections on Roy. A Survey of Roy Lichtenstein's Print Work from the Leo Castelli Collection and Castelli Graphics, Sellars Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia, March 24-May 10, 1995.
Die Druckgrafiken von Roy Lichtenstein. Kosmos seiner Kunst, Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, March 25–April 12, 1998; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura, Japan, April 18–May 24, 1998; Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Japan, May 29–June 28, 1998; Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Ohtsu, Japan, July 4–Aug. 16, 1998; Daimaru Museum, Kobe, Japan, Aug. 20–Sep. 1, 1998; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan, Sep. 18–Oct. 25, 1998, cat. no. 54 (with color ill., p. 85).
Lichtenstein. Expressionism, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, July 1–Oct. 12, 2013, pp. 10 and 76 (with color ill.).
LITERATURE: Andrea Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, published by Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, New York, online CR no. RLCR 2945 (color illu., different copy).
Mary Lee Corlett, The prints of Roy Lichtenstein. A catalogue raisonné 1948-1997, New York 1994, CR no. 174 (color illu.).
Gemini G.E.L. Catalogue Raisonné, Gemini G.E.L. and National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles und Washington, D.C. 2001, CR no. 31.66 (color illu.)
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Prints and Portfolios Published. Print Collector's Newsletter vol. 11, no. 5, November-December 1980, pp. 179f.
"I like to work toward precision but not [being] able to achieve it. Working against wood – cutting wood – makes absolute precision impossible. [..] with it you can't achieve this neatness but you can try to get it and then achieve certain qualities in the process. You get the grain, something that has a little more feeling to it."
Roy Lichtenstein 1981, quoted from: Exhibition catalog. Roy Lichtenstein, Graphic Work 1970-1980, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981
125001327
Roy Lichtenstein
Nude in the Woods, 1980.
Woodcut in colors
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,880 - 27,840
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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