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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Print - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1969 - MyArtBroker

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Print
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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72 x 72cm, Edition of 250, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 250
Year: 1969
Size: H 72cm x W 72cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: May 2025
Value Trend:
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Auction House
Location
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Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
May 2025
Freeman's
United States
£6,522
£7,673
£9,591
October 2024
Sotheby's New York
United States
September 2024
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
United States
March 2024
John Moran Auctioneers
United States
December 2023
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr
France
October 2023
Sotheby's New York
United States
September 2023
Lama
United States
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Print (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,500 and £11,500. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold 3 times with an average selling price of £8,812. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £3,204 in September 2023 to £12,483 in October 2024. This work has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This screenprint has an auction history of 31 total sales since its entry to the market in May 2003. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Meaning & Analysis

The Solomon Guggenheim Museum Poster is centred on a circular composition in vivid primary colours. This image was created for Lichtenstein’s first solo exhibition held at The Guggenheim Museum in New York. The work was later reproduced as an advertising poster, after which it also appeared on the cover of ARTnews magazine.

Working with flattened fields of pigment and densely dotted areas evocative of tone and texture, the print implements Lichtenstein’s trademark comic book style to perfection. Much like Guggenheim’s main architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lichtenstein in this work ascribes symbolic meaning to his shapes. Mirroring the enveloping spiral design of the museum, the composition shows continuous shapes flowing freely into one another. While the circles point to perpetuity, the triangles reference unity, and the squares represent integrity.

The artist incorporates many different motifs into this emblematic work, ranging from a Roman column to a modern bridge, a plant, and a horse’s head. Embracing forms from nature, the design also expresses Lichtenstein’s take on the rigid geometry of architecture and the abstracted tendencies of contemporary art. The bold hues of red, yellow, green, and black function in this work as complementary but also as contrastive.

  • 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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