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Entablature IX - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1976 - MyArtBroker

Entablature IX
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£3,650-£5,500Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator

¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator

4,400-6,500 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

¥700,000-¥1,050,000 Value Indicator

$4,500-$7,000 Value Indicator

-1% AAGR

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Medium: Planographic print

Edition size: 30

Year: 1976

Size: H 54cm x W 97cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Roy Lichtenstein's Entablature IX (signed) from 1976, a Planographic Print, is estimated to be worth between £3,650 and £5,500. This artwork has been sold 6 times at auction since its initial sale in May 2008. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £3,448, across 1 total sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,654 in December 2021 to £5,297 in March 2023. The average annual growth rate of this piece is currently -1%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 30.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Rachel Davis Fine Arts United States
March 2024Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
March 2023Sotheby's New York United States
December 2021Quittenbaum Germany
April 2015Bonhams San Francisco United States
November 2013Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers United States
May 2008Bonhams San Francisco United States

Meaning & Analysis

Roy Lichtenstein’s Entablature series of 1976 is an investigation into pattern and repetition. Named for the horizontal structures that rest atop Classical Greek columns, Lichtenstein’s Entablatures convey a distinctly industrialised and American appropriation of architecture. The architectural elements in the Entablature series provide the artist with ready-made designs, similar to the comic strip and advertisement sources he applied in other artistic endeavours.

The pop artist’s preceding interest in the replication of cultural institutions can be detected in his Cathedral series, created only a few years prior. The artist draws on his own photographs capturing the midday facades of various Lower Manhattan institutions. Isolating the culturally coded symbols found on these early 20th century buildings, Lichtenstein’s Entablatures are complete portraits depicting partial subjects.

He presents his chosen motifs in a reductive and repetitive manner, commenting on architecture’s historical preference of uniformity. Additionally, Lichtenstein also directs criticism at Minimalism’s push for impassive artistic expression.

The silver, blue, black and ash grey motifs displayed in Entablature IX are elongated and thin, drawing a physical analogy to the original architecture they were predicated on. The horizontal flow of the ornamentation is also suggestive of such a parallel, alluding to an uninterrupted continuation of the pattern beyond the printed sheet.

  • 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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