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Bright Night - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1978 - MyArtBroker

Bright Night
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 38

Year: 1978

Size: H 47cm x W 53cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Roy Lichtenstein's Bright Night (signed), a lithograph print from 1978, is estimated to be worth between £18,000 and £26,000. This artwork has been sold 3 times at auction since its entry to the market in July 2016. The average annual growth rate for this piece is not available. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £6,714 in December 2017 to £26,000 in December 2020. The average return to the seller over this period was £12,629. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 38.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
July 2020Phillips New York United States
November 2016Christie's New York United States
July 2016Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The power of Roy Lichtenstein’s art lies in his critical, yet humorous approach to his subject matter. Venturing beyond Pop Art, the artist’s take on the thematic concerns of avant-garde movements is remarkable in his Surrealist series. Executed in the late 1970s, the sequence is a testament to Lichtenstein’s knowledgeable and inventive artistic nature.

A Bright Night condenses the attributes of landscape painting and surrealist iconography into one frame, relaying a particular type of formal unity. However, Lichtenstein’s application of graphic forms and vibrant colours perpetuates the mechanical vision of a printed reproduction. What truly distinguishes this work is that it integrates the artist’s own oeuvre with art history. The print reintroduces the pop icon’s characteristic motifs but presents them in unexpected ways.

Firstly, Lichtenstein’s protruding geometric shapes appear in the background of the work, preceding his Perfect/Imperfect series of the 1980s. The amorphous main character in the centre has no body but her face recalls the emotional charge of the artist’s 1960s cartoon heroines. Situated in the midst of one of Lichtenstein’s experimental landscapes, this work is the conceptual forerunner of The New Fall of America suite from the 1990s. Additionally, the print also integrates icons borrowed from the American Indian series of the late 1970s.