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Haystack #2 - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1969 - MyArtBroker

Haystack #2
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£9,000-£13,500Value Indicator

$18,000-$27,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$24,000 Value Indicator

¥80,000-¥120,000 Value Indicator

11,000-16,000 Value Indicator

$90,000-$130,000 Value Indicator

¥1,720,000-¥2,580,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator

20% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Planographic print

Edition size: 100

Year: 1969

Size: H 52cm x W 77cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Roy Lichtenstein's Haystack #2, a signed Planographic print from 1969, is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £13,500. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 20%. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £9,555, across a total of 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £6,913 in October 2022 to £9,555 in March 2024. Since its first sale in April 2008, this work has been sold 9 times at auction. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
March 2024John Moran Auctioneers United States
October 2022Sotheby's New York United States
May 2019Bonhams Los Angeles United States
June 2018Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
October 2014Sotheby's London United Kingdom
June 2012Germann Auctions Switzerland
November 2009Bonhams San Francisco United States

Meaning & Analysis

The idea of capturing the relationship of light and colour appealed to Lichtenstein, encouraging him to pursue further variations on a single theme. See his masterful Cathedral series as another example, which draws on Monet’s Rouen Cathedral paintings.

Lichtenstein’s Haystack #2 presents a canvas populated by strategically placed dark red and black Ben Day dots. As opposed to Haystack #1, this colour combination is effectively undecipherable when the composition is monitored from a short distance.

Lichtenstein conveys a distinctly modernist perspective in his Haystacks, emphasising unmodulated picture planes and rich surface effects above all else. The static quality of Lichtenstein’s Ben Day dots stand in stark contrast to Impressionism’s aim to evoke a feeling of movement. The schematic forms and bright colours characterising this series seek to redefine the authenticity attributed to their source material. The Haystacks highlight the role seriality has had in past creations, while also proving its significance for contemporary artistic exploration.

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