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Apple With Gray Background - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1983 - MyArtBroker

Apple With Gray Background
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£6,500-£10,000Value Indicator

$13,000-$20,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$18,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥90,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,230,000-¥1,890,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$12,500 Value Indicator

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 60

Year: 1983

Size: H 64cm x W 68cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Apple With Gray Background (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,500 and £10,000. This woodcut print, created in 1983, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market on 4th June 2003. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £8,195 in May 2022 to £8,707 in September 2022. 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
September 2022Wright United States
May 2022Bonhams New York United States
October 2013Bonhams San Francisco United States
June 2003Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Apple With Gray Background actively exploits the unrefined and abstract qualities of Lichtenstein’s own visual language.In line with Vertical AppleandApple And Lemonof the same series, the print exhibits an unconventional depiction of a piece of fruit. The artist spans the canvas with intersecting streaks of grey, blue, yellow, dark red, orange and blush. While these colours flow in all directions, the black contours of the apple are kept intact.

These expressive sweeps are the vehicles, with which Lichtenstein reconsiders the formal qualities of still lifes and the authority given to painterly gestures of the past. Apple With Gray Backgroundproves that it isn’t necessary to realistically capture the apple, in order for audience’s to recognise the subject matter. The artist keenly embraces a sense of technical finesse with which he engages in a simulated process of painting. As a result, the beholder forgets that the print was in fact executed as a woodcut.

  • 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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