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Cubist Cello - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1997 - MyArtBroker

Cubist Cello
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£12,500-£19,000Value Indicator

$26,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

$23,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

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¥2,480,000-¥3,770,000 Value Indicator

$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

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129 x 100cm, Edition of 75, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 75

Year: 1997

Size: H 129cm x W 100cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: November 2024

Value Trend:

-7% AAGR

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
November 2024
Bonhams New York
United States
$11,000
$13,000
$17,000
October 2024
Christie's New York
United States
October 2023
Christie's New York
United States
May 2023
Bonhams New York
United States
December 2022
Bonhams New York
United States
November 2022
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Germany
October 2022
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Cubist Cello (signed) is estimated to be worth between £12,500 and £19,000. This screenprint, created in 1997, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This work has an auction history of 16 total sales since its entry to the market in April 2012. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £12,887, across 2 total sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £7,925 in May 2023 to £25,923 in October 2022. The average annual growth rate for this artwork is -7%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 75.

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Meaning & Analysis

Cubist Cello integrates the artist’s characteristic pop elements with the pictorial language of Cubism. This artwork was created to benefit the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s American Friends initiative.

Lichtenstein centers a hovering pastel coloured cello in the middle of the print. The instrument is underscored by figurative elements poking out from behind its curved body. The work is self-referential, featuring a wide array of subject matter from Lichtenstein’s oeuvre. For instance, it integrates the cattle from his 1970s Bulls series and his famous cartoon heroine of the 1960s.

Fixing his musical portrait on a patchwork of geometric shapes adorned by Ben Day dots, Lichtenstein amplifies his illustrated collage through bold contours and thick lines. Creating a symphonic mixture of colour and form, the print unites painterly gestures with the ready-made qualities of printmaking. Lichtenstein’s detailed composition explores ways in which the various historical and cultural traditions defining music can be translated onto a canvas.