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I Love Liberty - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1982 - MyArtBroker

I Love Liberty
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£40,000-£60,000Value Indicator

$80,000-$120,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

¥370,000-¥550,000 Value Indicator

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$390,000-$590,000 Value Indicator

¥7,570,000-¥11,350,000 Value Indicator

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9% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 250

Year: 1982

Size: H 98cm x W 69cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s I Love Liberty (signed) is estimated to be worth between £40,000 and £60,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 8%. This work is popular on the market, having been sold 51 times at auction since its initial sale in April 2005. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £47,497, across 3 total sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £28,706 in May 2020 to £67,224 in July 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2024Sotheby's New York United States
April 2024Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
April 2024Phillips New York United States
September 2023Phillips London United Kingdom
June 2023Phillips London United Kingdom
December 2022Karl & Faber Germany
October 2022Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

I Love Liberty presents a vibrant comic strip composition, simplifying the Statue of Liberty to its basic pictorial elements. Lichtenstein depicts fragments of her majestic stance and fiery torch, enabling viewers to envision the rest of the original sculpture. Lichtenstein reduces her features into flattened blocks of colour and the background into a field of regularised blue stripes. I Love Liberty takes an omnipresent symbol and accentuates its banality by stripping it of its context.

Succeeding his Statue of Liberty rendition, Lichtenstein went on to explore various national icons. For instance, his Forms In Space from 1985 set out to reimagine the American flag. Ultimately, Lichtenstein’s configuration of a trusted sign challenges reflexes and intuition, while subverting skeptical views on commercial styles. The substituted visuals and the sardonic title are both indicative of the socio-political atmosphere of the 1980s. I Love Liberty manifests a brand new symbol; a brilliant refashioning of an American icon.

  • 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.