Products description
Lichtenstein, Roy
born 1923 in USA - New York, died 1997 in USA - New York
poster for the exhibition Lincoln Center New York
4th New York Film Festival
1966
original design
offset lithograph in colours
114 cm x 75 cm
edition: 500 copies
lower left printed notice: Roy Lichtenstein / commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the List Art Poster Program of The American Federation of Arts 1966
lower right printed notice: Local One New York Amalgamated Lithographers; Union Label 74
Obviously the poster was framed under glass, scratch of 10 cm on the surface and a few abrasion marks at the right border, glued tear of 1 cm at the lower left border, fresh colours, regarding the age generally in good condition
(see additional pictures including a picture of the back)
order no. 19225
There is in this poster "a futuristic or Buck Rogers architecture" and "fuller use of the art deco style". The poster "takes a witty and nostalgic look at the great movie era of the '30s."
(Corlett, 1994, p.25 and p. 80)
Catalogue raisonné:
Corlett, Mary Lee, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein - A Catalogue Raisonné 1948 - 1993, New York 1994, III 21, compare 41
Döring, Jürgen and Claus von der Osten: Lichtenstein Posters, exhibition-cat. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 2008, 15
