Name: Titled
Brand: Roy Lichtenstein
Rating: 5 (236 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Titled (signed) is estimated to be worth between £15,000 and £23,000. This screenprint, created in 1996, has an auction history of 17 total sales since its entry to the market on 28th April 2013. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £15,165, with a total of 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £13,985 in October 2023 to £29,103 in March 2022. The average annual growth rate of this work is -1%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 175.

Meaning & Analysis

Roy Lichtenstein regularly mined art historical imagery, taking inspiration from a diverse array of genres and styles. His Landscapes, Moonscapes and Seascapes move away from appropriating comic strips to examining classical paintings. Titled from 1996 is predicated on the tenets of Pointillism, as well as the traditions of Chinese works of art. The print crafts a delicate and ethereal atmosphere, similar to Lichtenstein’s concurrent Landscapes in the Chinese Style portfolio of the mid-1990s.

Titled is constituted by simple figurative and minimalist elements. The composition is anchored in the illustration of lush green foliage on the left. The branches lean subtly into view, framing a body of water composed of blue Ben Day dots. A bright yellow sun sits high up in the skies, hovering above a bold blue horizon line. This calm fictitious nature scene was executed with mechanical precision, carefully stylised and meticulously stenciled.

In this print, Lichtenstein doesn’t retort to mimicking the techniques of commercial illustration exclusively. As a matter of fact, Titled submits to the serenity of its painterly source materials. Nature appears in its colourful cloud-like patches and the calculated patterns, all meant to express organic space and form. Still, the work reflects the harmony and balance of traditional painting through an unmistakably Lichtensteinian visual lexicon.

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.