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Cow Going Abstract - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1974 - MyArtBroker

Cow Going Abstract
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£17,000-£26,000Value Indicator

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¥3,240,000-¥4,960,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 150

Year: 1974

Size: H 66cm x W 78cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Cow Going Abstract (signed) is estimated to be worth between £17,000 and £26,000. This screenprint, created in 1974, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This work has an auction history of 42 total sales since its entry to the market in December 2002. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £15,839, across 1 sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £7,650 in December 2021 to £28,168 in June 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
Larsen Gallery United States
Lempertz, Cologne Germany
March 2024Bonhams New York United States
November 2023Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
November 2022Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
October 2022SBI Art Auction Japan

Meaning & Analysis

Over the course of the early to mid-1970s, Roy Lichtenstein simplified the image of Holstein Friesian cattle in two related series of prints. Each print in both series expanded upon the composition of the one that came before. The gradual process of abstraction was notable only when the sequences were regarded in their entirety.

For his bulls, Lichtenstein drew primarily on Pablo Picasso’s lithographic series The Bull (Le Taureau), from 1945-46, and Theo van Doesburg’s pencil studies for The Cow, from 1916-17. Both artists rendered bovines abstract, demonstrating the modernist belief that universal truth could exclusively be revealed through the distillation of forms. Lichtenstein parodies this assumption by calling into question the alleged distinction between realistic and symbolic depictions.

As such, Cow Going Abstract is a three-part portrait of a bull that maps a progressive shift from figuration to abstraction. Aspiring to playfully obscure the animal's naturalistic shape, Lichtenstein renders the subject indecipherable in a colourful arrangement of coded geometric shapes. In the final impression, the bull’s particular anatomic qualities are reduced to purely essential forms. Ultimately, the print exhibits an investigation of the process of simplification, without the implied search for a higher meaning.

  • Roy Lichtenstein, born in New York, 1923, is a seminal figure in the Pop Art movement, renowned for his comic book and advertisement-inspired artworks. His transformative journey from classical painter to Pop Art pioneer began with his iconic piece, Look Mickey, marking the fusion of painting with pop culture. Lichtenstein’s works, including Whaam!, Drowning Girl, and Crying Girl, blend parody and satire, challenging the boundaries between popular culture and ‘high art’. With over 5,000 pieces to his name, Lichtenstein’s enduring influence resonates in contemporary art, his works celebrated in prestigious institutions worldwide.

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