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Against Apartheid - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1983 - MyArtBroker

Against Apartheid
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£8,500-£13,000Value Indicator

$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

¥80,000-¥120,000 Value Indicator

10,500-16,000 Value Indicator

$80,000-$130,000 Value Indicator

¥1,610,000-¥2,460,000 Value Indicator

$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator

6% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 100

Year: 1983

Size: H 78cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Roy Lichtenstein's Against Apartheid (signed) is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £13,500. This lithograph print, created in 1983, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This work has an auction history of 21 total sales since its entry to the market in April 2009. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £7,888, across 2 sales. In the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £6,151 in May 2020 to £9,510 in May 2023. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Phillips New York United States
September 2024Los Angeles Modern Auctions United States
May 2023Bonhams New York United States
September 2022Bonhams Skinner United States
September 2020Phillips London United Kingdom
May 2020Bonhams Los Angeles United States
June 2019Galerie Kornfeld Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Against Apartheid abandons Lichtenstein’s characteristic stenciled dots and paneled disposition. Instead, the work features imitations of abstract expressionist brushwork. As a result, the composition bears resemblance to Lichtenstein’s concurrent Brushstroke Faces and Paintings.

The enlarged bottom left corner of a bright yellow frame covers the majority of Against Apartheid’s pictorial plane. The cropped portrait is mounted on a stark black and white striped background. A muted explosion of contrasting green, grey, cream, and red coloured brushstrokes erupts within the frame. Lichtenstein intertwines his schematic sweeps and spontaneous gestural marks. The final impression of the image evokes in the viewer a feeling of incompleteness.

Against Apartheid was manufactured by the artist to raise awareness for a noble cause. The work benefitted Artists of the World, an organization established in cooperation with the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in South Africa.