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Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923–1997)

LOT ID: 12187

Illustration for "Amerique" (from La Nouvelle Chute de Amerique Portfolio), 1992

Etching / Engraving, Aquatint

18.9 х 13.9 in. cm.

Signed, initialled lower right, numbered 1/45 on left in pencil

Edition 1/45

Foundry/Publisher Les Edition du Solstice, Paris; printed by Atelier Dupont-Visat, L'Inéditeur, Paris

Lot description

This is the first print in the unbound book entitled "The New Fall of America." It is Lichtenstein's response to both Allen Ginsburg's poem and Jasper Johns' characterization of the American Flag and what it stands for. The work was created in 1992 in response to a poem from 1973, is even more appropriate on this July 4th holiday.

This impression comes from the collection of Bob Adelman, a photographer and social activist known for his historic coverage of the Civil Rights Movement. Adelman was a good friend of Lichtenstein since the 1960s, and used one of Lichtenstein's flag images on the cover of his book entitled "Visions of Liberty. Lichtenstein gave Adelman 1/45, which is considered to be the most important number from the edition.

Biography & Links
Roy Lichtenstein Biography

1923	Born in New York, NY

1937	Enrolled in Saturday morning watercolor classes at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY Played clarinet, piano, and jazz flute during high school

1939	Saw Picasso’s 1937 masterwork Guernica at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1940	Studied at the Art Students League, New York, NY

1943	Inducted into US Army

1944	Served as a draftsman and artist in G-3 (Plans and Training) His division was shipped to England, where he saw exhibitions of Cézanne and Toulouse Lautrec, London, UK

1945	His unit went to France, Belgium, Germany

1946	Honorable discharge from the army as Private First Class/121st Engineers P Battalion Recipient, American Service Medal, Eame Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victorious Medal BFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1949	MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1995	Recipient, National Medal of the Arts

1996	Recipient, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from George Washington University, Washington, DC

1997	Died in New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions

1951	First one man show, New York, NY

1962	Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY New Realists, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY New Painting of Common Objects, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA

1964	Gallery Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, France

1966	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

1967	Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netheralnds

1969	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

1972	Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

1975	Centre national d'art contemporain, Paris, France Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany

1987	Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (solo) Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

1993	Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany (solo)

1994	Roy Lichtenstein: Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)

1998	Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (solo)

1999	Lawrence Rubin, Zurich, Switzerland (solo) Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL (solo) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)

2000	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2001	Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY (solo) Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Leo Castelli, New York, NY (solo)

2002	Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finaland (solo) Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany (solo) Tate Liverpool, UK

2003	BA-CA Kunstforum, Roy Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria (solo) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo) NRW-Forum, AUTO-NOM, Dusseldorf, Germany Neue Galerie, SUPPORT 1 - Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung, Graz, Austria Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Museum kunst palast, Dusseldorf, Germany Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain

2004	Reina Sofía, Roy Lichtenstein, Madrid, Spain (solo) Hayward Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, London, England (solo) Langen Foundation Hombroich, Bilder der Stille – Eröffnungsausstellung, Neuss, Germany Kunst Haus, International Exhibition of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art, Dresden, Germany Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 20 years, Salzburg, Austria Centre de Cultura Contemporània, AT WAR, Barcelona, Spain Albertina, Pop Art & Minimalismus, Vienna, Austria Neue Nationalgalerie, Das MoMA, Berlin, Germany Moderna Museet, The Pontus Hultén Collection, Stockholm, Sweden Wexner Center for the Arts, Splat Boom Pow!, Columbus, OH Andipa Gallery, Dots, Stripes and Strokes, London, England (solo)

2005	Pollock To Pop: America's Brush With Dali, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL Contemporary Voices, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland

2006	Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

2007	Art Market Now, The Columns, Seoul, South Korea Pop Art Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

2008	Liebe. Love. Paare, Gustav-Lubcke-Museum, Hamm, Germany Ruscha and Pop: Icons of the 1960s, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH

2009	Lichtenstein: in Process, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN

2010	The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC (solo) Roy Lichtenstein: Meditations on Art, Museo Triennale, Milan, Italy (solo) Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Roy Lichtenstein: Kunst als Motiv, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (solo) Roy Lichtenstein, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

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Literature and Catalogue Raisoneé
Catalogue Raisoneé:

267, Corlett
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