Bull V
Bull V
Signed Mixed Media
Roy Lichtenstein
£8,500-£13,000
$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator
$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator
¥80,000-¥120,000 Value Indicator
€10,500-€16,000 Value Indicator
$80,000-$130,000 Value Indicator
¥1,620,000-¥2,480,000 Value Indicator
$11,000-$17,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Mixed Media
Edition size: 100
Year: 1973
Size: H 60cm x W 85cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Mixed Media
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| September 2021 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| October 2019 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2016 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| March 2012 | Sotheby's London | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2009 | Christie's London | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Bulls series by Roy Lichtenstein, an outstanding figure of Pop Art, is a composition of six prints created in 1973. The Bulls series is manufactured through different media, showing the development of printing techniques as well as the transformation of art forms. All prints in the sequence represent a bull, but the manner of representation differs, mapping a gradual shift from figuration to abstraction.
In Bull V, the metamorphosis is nearly complete.All shapes presented in this work are angular and mechanical. In addition to the block colouring and comic book style disposition, the work has an underlying comedic tone. The composition has been dislocated from the centre and pushed towards the right, leaving an empty white space in the left corner of the canvas. The corner is framed by one bright yellow and one light blue line, both abruptly ending in dark blue shapes. These formations resemble the hindlegs and hooves of the cattle, implying that the bull has been flipped to its side.
Lichtenstein deliberately chose to execute the prints in the Bulls series using a combination of lithography, screen print and line cut. The progression from naturalism to radical simplification is intimately associated with these printing processes, mirroring the trajectory of the series as a whole.
