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Shipboard Girl - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 - MyArtBroker

Shipboard Girl
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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66 x 49cm, Lithograph

Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1965
Size: H 66cm x W 49cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: March 2025

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March 2025
Christie's London
United Kingdom
$35,000
$40,000
$50,000
December 2024
Sloans & Kenyon
United States
September 2024
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
May 2024
Bonhams New York
United States
April 2024
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
October 2023
Phillips New York
United States
June 2023
Swann Galleries
United States
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Shipboard Girl (signed) is estimated to be worth between £26,000 and £40,000. This lithograph print from 1965 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold 3 times, with an average selling price of £21,455. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £14,367 in December 2024 to £55,169 in November 2022. Since its first sale in December 2005, Shipboard Girl has been sold 106 times at auction, demonstrating the enduring popularity of this work. The edition size of this artwork is not known.

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Meaning & Analysis

Akin to Girl In Mirror and Crying Girl of 1964, Shipboard Girl’s compositionis rendered up close. Lichtenstein isolates his female figure, a blissful blonde woman, presenting her in the context of an incomplete narrative. The scene is infused with underlying tension and only small details, like the life-preserver in the backdrop, hint at the woman’s circumstances. This particular manner of cropped storytelling persisted throughout Lichtenstein's career, peaking in his renowned Nudes of the 1990s.

In Shipboard Girl,Lichtenstein experiments with the fundamentals of the pointillist technique. The work’s abundant coloured Ben Day dots are retained inside defined outlines forming the heroine’s face, the ocean, and the sky. Lichtenstein makes use of bold and primary pigments, utilising vivid yellow for the hair, bright red for the lips, and harsh black for contouring. The calculated pattern signifies tone and texture in an otherwise flat picture plane. In the end, Lichtenstein relies on the viewer’s optical instincts to distinguish his painterly touch amidst the perfected mechanical finishes.

  • Roy Lichtenstein, born in New York, 1923, is a seminal figure in the Pop Art movement, renowned for his comic book and advertisement-inspired artworks. His transformative journey from classical painter to Pop Art pioneer began with his iconic piece, Look Mickey, marking the fusion of painting with pop culture. Lichtenstein’s works, including Whaam!, Drowning Girl, and Crying Girl, blend parody and satire, challenging the boundaries between popular culture and ‘high art’. With over 5,000 pieces to his name, Lichtenstein’s enduring influence resonates in contemporary art, his works celebrated in prestigious institutions worldwide.

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