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Painting In A Gold Frame - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1984 - MyArtBroker

Painting In A Gold Frame
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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Medium: Planographic print

Edition size: 60

Year: 1984

Size: H 110cm x W 82cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Roy Lichtenstein's Painting In A Gold Frame, a signed Planographic Print from 1984, is estimated to be worth between £16,000 and £24,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This piece has an auction history of five sales since its entry to the market in October 2014. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £17,653 in February 2022 to £23,908 in January 2022. The average return to the seller is £17,663. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 60.

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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
February 2022Wright United States
January 2022Wright United States
October 2016Sotheby's New York United States
April 2016Phillips New York United States
October 2014Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Painting In A Gold Frame showcases the left bottom corner of a classic gold frame, mounted on a wall adorned by black and yellow stripes. Lichtenstein’s intricate composition reveals hand-painted, as well as machine-made patterns. As such, schematic dark green and cream cartoon strokes intersect the painterly pastel sweeps on the canvas. Painting In A Gold Frame juxtaposes the artist’s own comic book shapes with the appropriated brushwork of the abstract expressionists. Lichtenstein’s concurrent Seven Apple Woodcuts and later Brushstroke Faces achieve similar imitations of the emotive manner of Abstract Expressionism.

Painting In A Gold Frame evokes a surprising layer of self-parody. The interwoven pigments induce spatial ambiguity, emphasising the flatness of Lichtenstein’s detached graphics. The vague dimensions are further enforced by partial cropping, bringing the viewer’s attention to the object quality of the print. Ultimately, Lichtenstein undermines the idea of artistic originality in this work, by presenting an image that is also the representation of another image.

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