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Sweet Dreams Baby! - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 - MyArtBroker

Sweet Dreams Baby!
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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91 x 65cm, Edition of 200, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 200
Year: 1965
Size: H 91cm x W 65cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2025

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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2025
Karl & Faber
Germany
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
December 2024
Ketterer Kunst Hamburg
Germany
March 2024
Bonhams New York
United States
October 2023
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
October 2022
Christie's New York
United States
October 2022
Freeman's
United States
September 2022
A.N. Abell Auction Company
United States
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein’s Sweet Dreams Baby! (signed) is estimated to be worth between £60,000 and £80,000. This screenprint, created in 1965, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This work has an auction history of 47 total sales since its entry to the market in September 2007. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £56,162, across 2 total sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £41,742 in October 2022 to £108,649 in October 2021. The average annual growth rate for this artwork is 6%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Meaning & Analysis

The works featured in the portfolio are the culmination of the years Lichtenstein spent perfecting his printmaking skills. The artist’s other print from the same volume, a slick cartoon of a songstress titled Reverie, interrupts aesthetic conventions gently. Meanwhile, Sweet Dreams Baby! is bold, noisy and intense, delivering a literal blow to the traditional artistic legacies of the 19th century.

Lichtenstein manufactures a clinically precise and universally recognisable picture, using the instruments of commercial printing. The work confronts the viewer with the very essence of Pop Art. Additionally, it also reintroduces discredited comic book imagery into contemporary artistic dialogue.

Sweet Dreams Baby! is a masterful and dynamic artwork that relies on its verbal-visual language, which contrasts the dual nature of words against an action packed illustration. The print has been commonly dubbed the “pow print”, on account of its depiction of a punch overlaid with the word “pow!”.

  • 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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