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Composition I - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1996 - MyArtBroker

Composition I
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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121 x 88cm, Edition of 50, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 50

Year: 1996

Size: H 121cm x W 88cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: June 2024

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Location
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June 2024
Swann Galleries
United States
£27,200
£32,000
£40,640
June 2024
Phillips London
United Kingdom
April 2024
Christie's New York
United States
April 2023
Christie's New York
United States
October 2020
A.N. Abell Auction Company
United States
June 2020
Bonhams New York
United States
May 2018
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
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The value of Roy Lichtenstein's Composition I (signed) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This screenprint, created in 1996, has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of 16 total sales since its entry to the market in September 2008. The hammer price over the past 12 months has ranged from £32,000 in June 2024 to £44,228 in April 2024. The artwork demonstrates an average annual growth rate of 5%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

As the son of a gifted piano player, the pop artist grew up surrounded by music. Playing a variety of instruments himself, like the clarinet and the saxophone, he frequently visited jazz clubs and concert halls during his lifetime. Lichtenstein hints at his passion for music already in his early prints of the 1960s, see the sly musical undertones present in his Brushstroke Faces as a striking example. This enduring interest is explicitly manifested in his Composition screenprints dating from the mid 1990s.

Composition I exhibits an array of looping musical notations winding around the canvas.The black and dark red illustrations of notes and curving staves are set against waves of royal blue, pale cyan and bright yellow. Lichtenstein’s signature diagonal lines and dots are situated beneath the vertical format, along the left side of the print. Composition I captures an imaginary music sheet in its entirety, while the two other prints in the Composition series reference Lichtenstein’s Bulls seriesin their intimation of an abstraction process.

  • 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.