Lot 111 WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL CRICHTON
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Brushstroke
Closed12 May 2010
Price Realised
USD 782,500
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Specialist note
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
"Visible brushstrokes in a painting convey a sense of grand gesture. But, in my hands, the brushstroke becomes a depiction of a grand gesture. So the contradiction between what I'm portraying and how I am portraying it is sharp. The brushstroke became very important for my work"
(Roy Lichtenstein, A Review of My work since 1961, 1995).
"Visible brushstrokes in a painting convey a sense of grand gesture. But, in my hands, the brushstroke becomes a depiction of a grand gesture. So the contradiction between what I'm portraying and how I am portraying it is sharp. The brushstroke became very important for my work"
(Roy Lichtenstein, A Review of My work since 1961, 1995).