Roy Lichtenstein, Interior with Painting of Nude (Study)
1997, Tape, cut painted paper, cut printed paper, cut paper, marker and graphite pencil on paperboard.
Sotheby's, New York
Settled
What the nude? This 1997 interior folds Lichtenstein's signature Pop language, the female nude, landscape and the artist’s studio into a single late-career composition. It also comes directly from the collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein.
The fact sheet
- Medium
- Tape, cut painted paper, cut printed paper, cut paper, marker and graphite pencil on paperboard.
- Dimensions
- 108.9 x 92.4 cm (Image: 42 7/8 x 36 3/8 in)
- Provenance
- Estate of the artist Thence by descent to the present owner
- Exhibited
- Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside, December 2001–February 2002, no. 42, illustrated in color.
Sotheby's estimate
The estimate is only a starting point...
$1,000,000–$1,500,000
Sold price (may include buyer's premium)
$1,900,000
$2,370,000 with fees
Sold in New York for about $2.37m with fees, landing comfortably inside the house estimate.
How the calls lined up
Crowd median
$1,325,000
30% under
Sotheby's estimate
$1,000,000–$1,500,000
Sold price (may include buyer's premium)
$1,900,000
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