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Wallpaper
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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76 x 70cm, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Year: 1968

Size: H 76cm x W 70cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: August 2021

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Auction House
Location
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Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
August 2021
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
United States
$4,850
$5,500
$7,000
September 2015
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
April 2014
Christie's New York
United States
September 2012
Christie's London
United Kingdom
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Wallpaper (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,500 to £7,000. This screenprint, created in 1968, has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in September 2012. The average annual growth rate of this work is 4%. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £3,546 to £4,959. This work is part of a limited edition.

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Meaning & Analysis

Similar to Roy Lichtenstein’sRepeated Design, Wallpaper of 1968 presents a flattened picture plane with a bright geometrical design. The work precedes Modern Printof 1971 and was created subsequent to the artist’s Banner IV.

Lichtenstein crops close on his dotted triangle at centre. The artist’s use of Ben Day dots adds shadowing and texture to the sharp angles and curved edges portrayed. Seeking to actively obliterate painterly gestures, Wallpaper’s perfected shapes are connected through this smooth superimposition of patterns and outlines.The print’s colour palette is in line with Lichtenstein’s notorious favoritism of unmodulated pigments. Accordingly, the artist situates his slick black, white, and silver forms on a brilliant yellow and red backdrop.

Manifesting a middle ground between figuration and abstraction, Wallpaperdraws first and foremost on the fundamentals of Cubism and Constructivism. Blazing a trail for Lichtenstein’s later Modern Head series, this print is also a fusion ofshapes borrowed from the streamlined art deco style of the 1930s.

  • 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.