Landscape with Poet
213.3 cms x 76.2 cms (84 ins x 30 ins)
Signed, editioned 4/60 and dated 1996
printed in 1996
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "November 26, 2015 - Toronto Live Auction Live auction" held on Thu, Nov 26, 2015.
Lot 013
Lot 013
Estimate: CAD $40,000 - $60,000
Realised: CAD $100,300
Realised: CAD $100,300
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Fine Art & Artists Inc., Washington, DC
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, 1998
Literature:
Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné, National Gallery of Art, http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/gemini.pl, accessed September 12, 2015, catalogue #1673
Mary Lee Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948 - 1997, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002, catalogue #303
Notes:
Roy Lichtenstein rocketed to prominence in the 1960s with his Pop Art images taken from comic book panels. But he also had a fascination with traditional Chinese landscape, which began while he was a student at Ohio State University in the 1940s. This interest entered his imagery in the last three years of his career. Lichtenstein had collected books from several major exhibitions of Chinese art, and they were the direct source of inspiration for a series based on landscapes from the Song dynasty (AD 960 to 1279). In Landscape with Poet, Lichtenstein combines one of the important devices of his Pop Art images - the use of Ben-Day dots, derived from commercial screenprinting - with the classic motifs of Chinese painting, seen here in the artfully gnarled tree and the lone figure contemplating a stunning view of distant mountains. This overlay of dots adds an ironic note of modernity, contrasting with the fine art traditions of China, known for their exquisite use of brushwork.
This print was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, on Lanaquarelle paper in an edition of 60 with 12 artist's proofs. The sheet size of this work is 91 x 36 inches. This work bears a Gemini G.E.L. blindstamp, lower right.
Fine Art & Artists Inc., Washington, DC
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, 1998
Literature:
Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné, National Gallery of Art, http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/gemini.pl, accessed September 12, 2015, catalogue #1673
Mary Lee Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948 - 1997, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002, catalogue #303
Notes:
Roy Lichtenstein rocketed to prominence in the 1960s with his Pop Art images taken from comic book panels. But he also had a fascination with traditional Chinese landscape, which began while he was a student at Ohio State University in the 1940s. This interest entered his imagery in the last three years of his career. Lichtenstein had collected books from several major exhibitions of Chinese art, and they were the direct source of inspiration for a series based on landscapes from the Song dynasty (AD 960 to 1279). In Landscape with Poet, Lichtenstein combines one of the important devices of his Pop Art images - the use of Ben-Day dots, derived from commercial screenprinting - with the classic motifs of Chinese painting, seen here in the artfully gnarled tree and the lone figure contemplating a stunning view of distant mountains. This overlay of dots adds an ironic note of modernity, contrasting with the fine art traditions of China, known for their exquisite use of brushwork.
This print was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, on Lanaquarelle paper in an edition of 60 with 12 artist's proofs. The sheet size of this work is 91 x 36 inches. This work bears a Gemini G.E.L. blindstamp, lower right.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.