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Figures - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1978 - MyArtBroker

Figures
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 38

Year: 1978

Size: H 80cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Roy Lichtenstein's Figures (signed), a lithograph from 1978, is estimated to be worth between £11,000 and £17,000. This artwork has an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market on 25th November 2014. The average annual growth rate of this work is 6% and the edition size is limited to 38.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
March 2022Christie's New York United States
September 2017Sotheby's London United Kingdom
March 2017Christie's New York United States
November 2014Germann Auctions Switzerland

Meaning & Analysis

Beside pursuing a rereading of past artistic styles, the Surrealist prints invoke outstanding images from Lichtenstein’s own oeuvre. Accordingly, Figures, executed in 1978, suggests an abundance of referential meanings. The composition is firstly anchored in wildly opposing surrealist, cubist and abstract forms. In addition, Lichtenstein also integrates an icon borrowed from his concurrent American Indian series.

The artist situates his appropriated black and white faux-wood element in the foreground of the work, commanding in scale and assembled like a jigsaw puzzle. The perplexing cubic sculpture is regarded by a ghostly shape with orange hair, floating far off on the right-hand side of the horizon. A bright yellow abstracted form, akin to a faceless snake, is worming its way across the wooden structure’s base. Ultimately, the three-dimensional monument underscores the otherwise compressed spatial characteristics of Figure’s surrealist landscape.

  • 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.