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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 25, 2025 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Day Auction | 333 | $****** - ****** | Untitled Head II (Prototype) |
sculpture
76.2 x 30.5 x 23.5 cm (30 x 12.01 x 9.25 in)
stained California English walnut wood
Estate of the artist
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
New York, Castelli Graphics, Roy Lichtenstein: New Editions, Lithographs, Sculptures, Reliefs , September - October 1970, n.p., illustrated (an example from the edition of 30 exhibited)
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes; Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo; Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art and travelling, Roy Lichtenstein: Imágenes reconocibiles: Escultura, pintura y gráfica , July 1998 - August 2000, p. 108, illustrated in colour (Mexico City, Valencia, Lisbon); no. 29, p. 93, illustrated (Washington D.C.) (an example from the edition of 30 exhibited)
Mornington, Mornington Peninsula Gallery; Brisbane, Queensland University of Technology Museum; Alice Springs, Araluen Arts Centre and Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Remix, April 2012 - January 2014, p. 61, illustrated in colour (an example from the edition of 30 exhibited)
Venice, Fondazione Prada, The Small Utopia: Ars Multiplicata , July - November 2012
Los Angeles, Skirball Cultural Center, Pop for the People: Roy Lichtenstein in L.A ., October 2016 - March 2017 (an example from the edition of 30 exhibited)
Bradley Little, Ed., Architectural Digest , vol. 27, no. 5, March - April 1971, p. 4, illustration in colour of another example (from the edition of 30)
Gemini G.E.L. and National Gallery of Art, Gemini G.E.L. Catalogue Raisonné , Los Angeles and Washington D.C. 2001, no. 31.32, n.p., illustration in colour of another example (from the edition of 30)
Andrea Theil, Ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York 2023 - ongoing, no. RLCR 1918, illustration in colour of another example (from the edition of 30) (online)
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
Untitled Head II (Prototype)
stained California English walnut wood
76.2 by 30.5 by 23.5 cm. 30 by 12 by 9¼ in.
Executed circa 1970.
