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The Melody Haunts My Reverie - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 - MyArtBroker

The Melody Haunts My Reverie
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£90,000-£140,000Value Indicator

$180,000-$280,000 Value Indicator

$160,000-$250,000 Value Indicator

¥820,000-¥1,280,000 Value Indicator

110,000-170,000 Value Indicator

$880,000-$1,370,000 Value Indicator

¥17,160,000-¥26,690,000 Value Indicator

$110,000-$180,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 200

Year: 1965

Size: H 75cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Roy Lichtenstein's The Melody Haunts My Reverie (signed) is estimated to be worth between £100,000 and £150,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 1%. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £88,455, across 1 total sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £63,738 in March 2020 to £125,534 in April 2022. This work has a strong auction history, having been sold 41 times since its initial sale in October 2004. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
April 2024Christie's New York United States
October 2023Phillips New York United States
October 2022Christie's New York United States
April 2022Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Reverie references Mitchell Parish's lyrics, written for the 1927 love ballad "Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael. Accordingly, Lichtenstein presents a melancholy cartoon portrait of a blonde crooner, midsong. Reverie applies a simple, yet disruptive visual vocabulary, one characteristic of advertisements and comic strips. The print is scaled dramatically, informing the viewer about the precise techniques employed in its making.

It’s slick mass-produced aesthetic challenges the traditional artistic legacies of the 19th century, reintroducing discredited perspectives into contemporary artistic dialogue. There are no obscure meanings in this work to decode. Nonetheless, Lichtenstein’s Reverie is a conceptually complex work. Firstly, the print manifests social changes domineering 1960s America in the aftermath of the war. Moreover, Lichtenstein also stages the work as an affectionate tribute to music.Reverie is asking questions about the assumed status of jazz, as well the respective places of fine art and comics.