Haystack #5
Haystack #5
Signed Print
Roy Lichtenstein
£7,000-£10,500
$14,000-$21,000 Value Indicator
$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator
¥60,000-¥100,000 Value Indicator
€8,500-€13,000 Value Indicator
$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator
¥1,360,000-¥2,040,000 Value Indicator
$9,000-$13,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Planographic print
Edition size: 100
Year: 1969
Size: H 52cm x W 78cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | SBI Art Auction | Japan | |||
| October 2021 | A.N. Abell Auction Company | United States | |||
| March 2020 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| October 2019 | Freeman's | United States | |||
| June 2018 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2017 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| July 2013 | Christie's New York | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Roy Lichtenstein conveys a distinctly modernist perspective in his 1969 Haystacks, emphasising unmodulated picture planes and rich surface effects above all else. The prints in this sequence were based on a series of paintings from the early 1900s, executed by French impressionist Claude Monet.
Monet used seriality to capture the dynamic relationship between light and colour. This idea appealed greatly to Lichtenstein and he explored a number of variations on a single theme. See his masterful Cathedral seriesas another example, completed in the same year and inspired by Monet’s portrayal of the Rouen Cathedral.
In order to create dramatic alterations in the depictions of his haystacks, Lichtenstein relies solely on a bright selection of colours and his strategically arranged signature Ben Day dots. Haystack #5’s dark red and black colour combination is effectively undecipherable when monitored from a short distance. Lichtenstein seeks to parallel the objective of the original impressionist paintings, presenting the obscured image of the hayfield as a nighttime portrait.
The Haystacks present a calculated commentary on art history’s claim that mechanical reproduction is devoid of originality. In fact, the prints in this series exhibit images that are in essence purer than their source material, seeing as they are controlled through their medium of commercial design.
