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Bull VI - Signed Mixed Media by Roy Lichtenstein 1973 - MyArtBroker

Bull VI
Signed Mixed Media

Roy Lichtenstein

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64 x 84cm, Edition of 100, Mixed Media

Medium: Mixed Media
Edition size: 100
Year: 1973
Size: H 64cm x W 84cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Mixed Media
Last Auction: April 2025

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2025
Christie's New York
United States
£10,268
£12,080
£15,220
March 2025
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
November 2024
Bonhams New York
United States
September 2024
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr
France
October 2017
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
May 2013
Christie's New York
United States
November 2012
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Bull VI (signed) from 1973 is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £14,000. This mixed media artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This work has an auction history of 9 total sales since its entry to the market in November 2007. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £7,540, across 4 sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £5,002 in September 2024 to £12,080 in April 2025. The average return to the seller over this period was £6,409. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Meaning & Analysis

In this final impression of the bull the composition is pared down to its essence. Bull VI has very little to do with the preceding forms of Bull V, although the main elements remain more or less pushed towards the right of the canvas. The work is scaled back entirely and its overall impression is therefore airy and uncrowded. Lichtenstein has increased the application of yellow throughout the sequence, and so the bright pigment accentuates the majority of the composition in Bull VI. The blue elements and the focal point have disappeared completely and have been replaced by coordinated and fixed red and black lines.

Lichtenstein perfectly maps a visual progression from naturalism to radical simplification in Bulls series, employing a deliberate combination of lithography, screen print and line cut. Bull VI has at last transformed the realistic image of the bull into a mere abstract cypher.

  • 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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